China-linked hackers impersonate US officials, Anthropic staff in AI-targeted phishing

Proofpoint reports phishing campaigns attributed to China-linked actors that impersonated former US officials and an Anthropic employee to target US policy researchers, aiming to steal cloud account credentials. This marks a notable escalation in social engineering targeting AI policy experts, indicating a focus on intellectual property and policy influence. The attribution is based on Proofpoint's analysis, with the full scope of compromised accounts still unclear.