Small California Team Builds AI Hacking Tool Claimed to Breach Millions of WeChat Accounts in Hours
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-12
Per a Polymarket post, a small California research team has built an AI-powered hacking tool reportedly capable of breaching "millions" of WeChat accounts within hours. No technical details or third-party verification yet, but if confirmed it would be a massive AI-enabled security incident worth tracking.
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