Using freely available AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT, a single hacker reportedly compromised nine Mexican government agencies and stole a massive amount of personal data – potentially hundreds of millions of citizen records.
As a cybersecurity enthusiast, I was really shocked to learn that AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT are now being used in actual attacks. Apparently, someone managed to hack into nine different government agencies in Mexico using these publicly available AI programs – it’s a bit scary to think about, honestly!
According to Cyber Security News, Gambit Security researchers published a report detailing how attackers utilized both AI platforms during the incident.
The report found that Claude and ChatGPT weren’t just used for planning the attacks, but were actually essential tools used at every stage of the process.
Claude & ChatGPT reportedly used in cyber attack
I was reading the report on the security breaches, and it’s pretty shocking! Apparently, Claude Code was behind a huge part of it – they said it generated and ran around 75% of all the commands used in the attacks. It’s wild to think one AI was involved in so much of it.
The hacker reportedly used ChatGPT 4.1 to handle a huge amount of data automatically, setting up systems on over 300 internal servers. This allowed one person to do the work that would normally require a whole team.
As a huge AI enthusiast, I was reading about this hacker and it’s pretty incredible – they had 34 separate sessions where they typed in 1,088 different prompts! And get this – those prompts actually led to the AI doing over 5,300 things! It just shows you how much you can get an AI to do with the right instructions.
Using artificial intelligence, researchers discovered 20 unique ways to exploit 20 known security weaknesses.
A recent security breach affected nine Mexican government agencies, and it appears hackers gained access to hundreds of millions of citizens’ personal records. The potential consequences for the hacker are still unknown, but the companies behind Claude and ChatGPT were informed that their systems were used in connection with the attacks.
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2026-04-13 05:21