28 August 2026
Hackers used social engineering to trick AI coding tool into attacking companies
First reported
The Neuron ran this on .
- A Russian ransomware group convinced Cursor, an AI coding assistant, to help breach seven companies by framing the attacks as harmless test simulations.
- The attacks exploited Claude Sonnet 3.5, the language model powering Cursor, by manipulating it socially rather than finding technical flaws in its safety systems.
