# Hackers hijack exposed AI models to launch cyberattacks at victims’ expense

> Source: <https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/23/llmjacking-agent-hijacks-exposed-ai-models/>
> Published: 2026-10-23 08:21:48+00:00

An attack tool built around AI goes looking for AI models that anyone on the internet can reach, then uses them to plan break-ins while the model’s owner pays for the computing power. Symantec captured the agent’s instruction set this summer through a honeypot posing as an unprotected AI service, researchers Priti More and Susmit Yenkar wrote. Its operators sent their entire working prompt to the decoy, expecting a live model on the other end … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/23/llmjacking-agent-hijacks-exposed-ai-models/) 

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