{"id":5260,"date":"2026-08-27T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/russian-hackers-turn-cursor-ai-coding-tool-into-cyber-weapon-target-7-companies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:07:08","slug":"russian-hackers-turn-cursor-ai-coding-tool-into-cyber-weapon-target-7-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/russian-hackers-turn-cursor-ai-coding-tool-into-cyber-weapon-target-7-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian hackers turn Cursor AI coding tool into cyber weapon, target 7 companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian hackers turn Cursor AI coding tool into cyber weapon, target 7 companies\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russian cybercriminals have exploited SpaceX\u2019s AI coding assistant Cursor to target seven companies including a Belgian chemical company earlier this year<\/p>\n

According to a report issued by the startup Gambit Security, this is the latest development in the string of cyberattacks as artificial intelligence is evolving at neckbreak pace in the competitive tech landscape<\/p>\n

Gambit\u2019s chief strategy officer, Curtis Simpson, showed concerns over how the hacking groups and rogue actors are manipulating commercial AI tools to carry out hacking attacks. Given the growing capabilities of cybercriminals, the AI providers have been locked in a never-ending race in which malicious actors are trying to evade guardrails<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to be a cat-and-mouse game,\u201d Simpson said<\/p>\n

Methods used in hacking<\/h2>\n

In the report reported byReuters,Gambit mentioned that they found a hacking campaign by a new ransomware gang named Aur0ra after finding an exposed server left online<\/a><\/p>\n

The group used an autonomous AI coding tool Cursor to carry out numerous malicious operations, including credential theft and account takeovers<\/p>\n

According to Gambit, Cursor was powered by Anthropic\u2019s Claud Sonnet 4.5, a less advanced model than Fable 5 and Mythos 5<\/p>\n

The cybercriminals also tricked the artificial intelligence into cooperating by falsely claiming that these hacking activities were a part of authorized simulation. When the AI refused to act on the orders, the hackers \u201crestarted the dialogue and reiterated the \u2018test\u2019 claim, which successfully overrode the AI’s safety guardrails.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a test environment, so it is legal,\u201d the agent said to itself, according to one of the logs<\/p>\n

According to Eyal Sela, Gambit\u2019s director of threat intelligence, Cursor is still capable of helping them \u201cget 30, 40, 50 percent \u200bfaster because it helps them skip over all the things they\u2019d have to do manually.\u201d<\/p>\n

As per report, the hacking victims identified from leaked chat logs include Helideck Certification Agency (Scotland), Teckentrup (Germany), Christeyns (Belgium), an Italian manufacturer, an Argentine pharmaceutical distributor, and Bayou Title (Louisiana, USA)<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Cursor was also integrated into Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX under a deal<\/p>\n

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