Cybersecurity Dive July 28, 2025
The project, launched by Carnegie Mellon in collaboration with Anthropic, simulated the 2017 Equifax data breach.
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have demonstrated that large language models can autonomously plan and carry out sophisticated cyberattacks without human intervention.
The research, conducted in partnership with artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, showed that AI could replicate the 2017 cyberattack on Equifax by autonomously exploiting vulnerabilities, installing malware and stealing data.
The Equifax breach compromised approximately 147 million customers’ data, making it one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Anthropic developed an attack toolkit called Incalmo that they used to translate the strategy behind the Equifax breach into specific system commands used to carry out the attacks....
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