AI policy circles targeted in China-linked phishing operation

What happened

artificial intelligence policy experts through phishing (messages that impersonate someone to obtain passwords or money) emails that impersonated prominent officials, economists and an employee of AI company Anthropic, according to research released Thursday by Proofpoint. Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint said TA419 impersonated officials and AI industry figures in an effort to gain access to cloud accounts held by U.S.

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The campaigns, which the cybersecurity company attributed to a group it calls TA419, sought access to cloud accounts held by people at think tanks, universities and law firms. The activity comes amid growing U.S.-China competition over AI development, export controls, semiconductor supply chains and military operates with of the technology.