Japanese Companies Targeted in Cyberattacks Leveraging Chinese Language AI Vulnerability Scanner

A Japanese security firm has discovered that a Chinese-language AI agent for system vulnerability diagnosis has been weaponized in recent cyberattacks striking at least 80 domestic companies and organizations, causing massive personal data breaches. The findings, disclosed on October 19, reveal a concerning new frontier in adversarial use of AI tools—attackers exploiting automation meant for legitimate security testing to identify system weaknesses at scale.