AI-Built Hacking Tool Breaches Phones Without a Click; Altman Urges Cybersecurity Action
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-09-09
A hacking tool built with AI can breach phones without any user click, per a new report.
Responding at a G20 meeting in North Carolina last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned: "We have a big challenge in front of us... Some things are going to go very wrong with cybersecurity unless some people act quite urgently."
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