Hackers used Claude and Grok to fully automate attacks on Latin American banks

The CyberCartel group used a network of AI agents built on models from Anthropic, SpaceX and China's Moonshot AI to automate attacks on more than 400 Latin American financial targets, according to cybersecurity startup Straiker. The agents autonomously stole passwords and customer data and accessed bank accounts with little human effort.

• More than 400 Latin American financial targets attacked
• AI agents stole passwords, customer data and accessed bank accounts
• Models from Anthropic, SpaceX and Moonshot AI were used
• Straiker report is one of the first detailed cases of automated bank attacks