# Google says it may have prevented a major cyberattack campaign involving a zero-day exploit developed with the help of AI.

*genai · news · 2026-05-12 · Livemint*

## Key points

- Google blocked a mass exploitation event involving an AI-assisted zero-day bypassing two-factor authentication.
- Hackers used AI to discover and weaponize a logic flaw in a major open-source admin tool.
- Google identified telltale signs of AI-generated exploit code, including hallucinated security scores and structured formatting.
- Chinese and North Korean threat actors increasingly use AI with specialized prompts for advanced vulnerability research.
- Attackers leverage the wooyun-legacy GitHub repository, priming AI models with over 85,000 real-world vulnerabilities.

**Companies:** Google
**Countries:** China, North Korea

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