Stolen AI API keys are paying for hackers’ autonomous scans

October 16, 2026 · 5:00 am 1 sources

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• Stolen AI API keys are paying for hackers’ autonomous scans
  Help Net Security · October 16, 2026 05:00
  A seller on a restricted criminal forum is marketing an autonomous hacking tool that runs on stolen OpenAI, Anthropic and Google API keys, so the key’s owner pays for the scans. Bitsight’s threat intelligence team tracked the shift across thousands of posts on 16 underground forums from February…