This week ·
AI experts across universities and firms
How they got in, as reported. Email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.
← All items this week- Date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Place
- United States
- Who
- AI experts across universities and firms
- The way in
- Email impersonation
- Source
- The Record
01 · What was reported
What was reported.
Chinese state-backed threat actors launched phishing campaigns impersonating former government officials and economists to target artificial intelligence experts. The attackers used malicious links leading to credential harvesting pages...
The way in, as the source states it: email made to look like it came from a trusted sender.
02 · What we check for it
What we check for it.
Whether anyone can send email that passes as your domain.
03 · Source
Source.
Source: The Record ↗This page repeats what the source reported, with its date. It says nothing about any firm that is not named in it.