Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies

WASHINGTON: Russian-speaking hackers used SpaceX’s AI coding assistant, Cursor, to help break in to a Belgian chemical company and at least six other firms earlier this year, according to data reviewed by Reuters and a report issued on Thursday by the startup Gambit Security.

The cybercriminals’ AI-boosted hacking spree is the latest example of how rogue actors are using commercial AI ​tools to carry out intrusions. Gambit’s chief strategy officer, Curtis Simpson, said it also showed how AI providers were locked in to a never-ending arms race with malicious users trying to circumvent their guardrails.