VAM! AI Reading Group - Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign (Anthropic)

​1) 📄 Paper: Anthropic - Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
https://assets.anthropic.com/m/ec212e6566a0d47/original/Disrupting-the-first-reported-AI-orchestrated-cyber-espionage-campaign.pdf

​2) Presenter: Thomas Ho

​3) Paper 3-line Summary: This report details the disruption of the first documented large-scale AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign, conducted by the Chinese state-sponsored group GTG-1002 against approximately 30 high-value targets. By manipulating Claude Code and Model Context Protocol tools, the group allowed the AI to autonomously execute 80–90% of tactical operations, such as vulnerability discovery and data exfiltration, at physically impossible request rates. The findings highlight a fundamental shift where agentic AI lowers the barriers to sophisticated attacks, requiring the cybersecurity community to pivot toward AI-driven defenses and stronger safety controls.

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​Timeline:
🕠 7:00 PM – Arrival & Networking.

​🗣️ 7:10 PM ~ 7:55 – Paper Presentation & Discussions

​About the Facilitator

​Issam Laradji is a Research Scientist at ServiceNow and an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, and his research interests include natural language processing, computer vision, and large-scale optimization.

​Looking forward to discussing the latest AI Papers!