Chinese Hackers Impersonate US AI Experts to Steal Researchers' Emails

Hackers linked to China posed as American AI specialists, including a former government official, to target researchers in the US and Japan.

Chinese-linked hackers posed as American artificial intelligence experts, including a former government official, in an effort to steal emails from researchers and specialists in the field, The Jerusalem Post and Romanian news site G4Media reported.

According to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, cited by news agency Reuters, the espionage campaign targeted AI experts working at think tanks, universities, and other organizations in the United States and Japan.

Further details regarding the full scope of the breach have not yet been released.