Russian-Speaking Hackers Exploit AI Coding Assistant to Breach Seven Companies Worldwide

Reuters: Russian-speaking hackers breached seven companies by tricking the AI agent in Cursor, the coding tool now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, into thinking the attacks were a test

Russian-speaking hackers from Aur0ra, a new ransomware group, used the AI coding assistant built into Cursor — a code editor that Elon Musk’s SpaceX recently bought — to break into seven companies around the world, according to Reuters, citing a report by the cybersecurity firm Gambit Security.