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Washington (HRNW)- A China-aligned hacking group has targeted artificial intelligence policy experts at US think tanks, universities and law firms by impersonating former American officials and employees of AI companies, according to cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.
Summary
Proofpoint said the group, which it tracks as TA419, conducted credential-phishing campaigns in July 2026 by posing as prominent AI policymakers...
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KazaSec's take
Phishing and credential-based attacks succeed because they target people, not just infrastructure, technical controls like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC only ever close part of that gap. The rest comes down to whether a team can actually spot the fake, and whether a compromised credential can still be reused anywhere else.
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