FBI Reports Adversarial AI Usage in Cyberattacks and Infrastructure Intrusions
The FBI reported that threat actors and state-sponsored groups are increasingly integrating AI tools into reconnaissance, phishing, and infrastructure intrusions. The documented capabilities assist in active cyber operations against targets.
- first report
- 29 Apr 2025
- last update
- 29 Apr 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-04-29FBI Reports AI Use by Threat Actors in Broader Cyber Context Including Infrastructure IntrusionsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1055
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- AI-assisted intrusionAI phishing / social engineeringDeepfake fraud
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 29 Apr 2025 · first reported 29 Apr 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# FBI Reports Adversarial AI Usage in Cyberattacks and Infrastructure Intrusions https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/fbi-reports-adversarial-ai-usage-in-cyberattacks-and-infrast · AIR-2025-0109 · closed 2025-05-13 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-04-29 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary The FBI reported that threat actors and state-sponsored groups are increasingly integrating AI tools into reconnaissance, phishing, and infrastructure intrusions. The documented capabilities assist in active cyber operations against targets. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-04-29: FBI Reports AI Use by Threat Actors in Broader Cyber Context Including Infrastructure Intrusions (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1055) ## Sources - 2025-04-29 AI Incident Database: FBI Reports AI Use by Threat Actors in Broader Cyber Context Including Infrastructure Intrusions https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1055 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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