# A Chinese Hacker Used AI To Attack 100+ Companies In One Of Largest AI Hacks Yet

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/a-chinese-hacker-used-ai-to-attack-100-companies-in-one-of-l-mx18>
> Published: 2026-09-22 11:43:16+00:00

# A Chinese Hacker Used AI To Attack 100+ Companies In One Of Largest AI Hacks Yet

By Thomas Brewster, Forbes StaffSource: 

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)
[Anthropic](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/anthropic),

[DeepSeek](https://www.machinebrief.com/compare/llama-4-vs-deepseek-r1)and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.

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