{"slug": "this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts", "title": "This AI-Developed Computer Worm Could Have Hijacked a Billion Accounts", "summary": "Cybersecurity firm Calif disclosed an AI-developed computer worm capable of hacking over a billion WeChat accounts, warning of AI-driven cyber threats. The worm targeted the Chinese messaging service and has already been patched.", "body_md": "A cybersecurity company used AI to quickly develop a [computer worm](https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/worm) capable of hacking over a billion accounts on the Chinese messaging service WeChat.\n\nPalo Alto-based Calif [disclosed](https://blog.calif.io/p/weworm) the already-patched computer worm to warn the public about the threat of AI-driven hacks. …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts", "canonical_source": "https://au.pcmag.com/ai/119754/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts", "published_at": "2026-09-08 16:42:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 17:28:13.085427+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Calif", "WeChat"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/this-ai-developed-computer-worm-could-have-hijacked-a-billion-accounts.jsonld"}}