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#3 The Hacker News general October 12, 2026 at 07:26 UTC

CyberXero Uses Claude Code in Campaign That Stole Over 628,000 Ukrainian Records

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A threat actor tracked as CyberXero used Anthropic's Claude Code as an AI orchestration layer alongside Cobalt Strike in a campaign that stole over 628,000 Ukrainian records from WordPress sites, e-commerce platforms, and critical infrastructure. This represents a documented case of commodity offensive tooling augmented with AI-driven automation to scale initial access operations. The campaign underscores the emerging risk of AI-assisted cyberattacks against real-world targets.

Relevance score: 85.0/100

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