Companies worldwide face escalating AI-related cyber threats, impacting giants from Coca-Cola to OpenAI.

The wave of AI-powered cyberattacks continues to spread, targeting major companies ranging from Coca-Cola and OpenAI to Nike and Fortinet. The U.S. government is urgently coordinating efforts between the public and private sectors to combat this new form of threat.

July 17, 2569 at 16.37:XNUMX a.m., Reuters reported that Companies worldwide are facing increasingly severe cyberattacks. In particular, attacks relying on artificial intelligence (AI) and ransomware aim to steal sensitive data and cause damage to an organization's operational systems.

The latest case involves Fairlife LLC, a dairy company under the Coca-Cola umbrella, which announced a temporary suspension of production in the United States after discovering unauthorized access to certain parts of its systems by an outsider. The company is currently investigating and working to restore the affected systems.

Previously, the White House announced the establishment of a Cybersecurity Collaboration Task Force, which brings together AI developers and providers of critical infrastructure to exchange information on security vulnerabilities detected by AI and collaboratively address increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Throughout 2569, numerous leading U.S. companies were targeted by cyberattacks, including:

• Nike The ransomware group World Leaks claims to have released over 1.4 terabytes of data.
• Bumble, Match Group, Crunchbase, and Panera Bread The company was attacked, resulting in the leak of customer data and contact information.
• Wynn Resorts Employee data was hacked, and a ransom of approximately $1.5 million was demanded in Bitcoin.
• Stryker A medical device manufacturer was attacked by a hacker group linked to Iran, impacting global production and shipments.
• Crunchyroll It is claimed that the data of over 6.8 million users and email addresses were stolen.
• Hasbro The system was accessed without authorization, resulting in the temporary shutdown of some systems and delays in product delivery.
• OpenAI Vulnerabilities were detected in third-party developer tools, but it was confirmed that no user data or intellectual property was leaked.
• Rockstar Games The ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen over 80 million business records from the Take-Two network.
• West Pharmaceutical Services The attack forced a temporary halt to production and logistics systems worldwide.
• Canvas (Instructure) The online learning management system was attacked, affecting data from over 9,000 educational institutions.
• Blank Rome A law firm was tricked through social engineering, resulting in the data leak of over 57,000 clients.
• Carnival Employee accounts were hacked, resulting in the disclosure of some customer personal information.
• Novo Nordisk The pharmaceutical manufacturer Wegovy had its internal systems stolen, including some data on clinical trial participants.
• iRhythm Holdings and AdaptHealth The attack occurred through an external service provider, resulting in access to patient data and other sensitive information.
• Fortinet Research reveals a major attack that affected over 75,000 firewall and VPN systems in more than 15 countries, including Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies.

Experts believe that the trend of using AI to enhance the efficiency of cyberattacks is making attacks faster, more sophisticated, and harder to detect. This is driving organizations worldwide to accelerate investment in cybersecurity and continuously upgrade their data protections to mitigate the risks from likely future threats.

refer : reuters.com

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