Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney employee

Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney employee

A California man has pleaded guilty to hacking an employee of The Walt Disney Company by tricking the person into running a malicious version of a widely used open source AI image generation tool. Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of accessing a computer and obtaining information and one count of threatening to damage a protected computer, the US Attorney for the Central District of California said Monday. In a plea agreement…

Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty

A hacker who tricked people into downloading malware using AI image generation tools plead guilty to two felony counts.

Two Hacks, One Empire: The Cyber Assaults Disney Didn’t See Coming

Disney was hit by two major 2024 cyberattacks, an ex-employee’s sabotage and a hacker’s AI trap, exposing internal… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking News, Tech, AI & Crypto Read the original article: Two Hacks,… Read more → The post Two Hacks, One Empire: The Cyber Assaults Disney Didn’t See Coming appeared first on IT Security News.

Two Hacks, One Empire: The Cyber Attacks Disney Didn’t See Coming

Disney was hit by 2 major 2024 cyberattacks, an ex-employee's sabotage and a hacker's AI trap, exposing internal flaws and stealing 1.1TB of data.

California Man Admits to Disney Hack with AI Tool

A 25-year-old California man, Ryan Mitchell Kramer, has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a sophisticated cyberattack on Disney, leveraging a malicious AI tool to steal 1.1 terabytes of sensitive corporate data. The 2024 breach, one of the largest in Disney’s history, exposed a trove of internal information, including financial strategies, employee records, and customer data, raising alarms about the growing threat of AI-driven cyberattacks in the…

Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney emplo…

A California man has pleaded guilty to hacking an employee of The Walt Disney Company by tricking the person into running a malicious version of a widely used open source AI image generation tool. Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of accessing a computer and obtaining information and one count of threatening [...]