Illegal access to AI models and computing power is becoming a hot commodity in the field of cybercrime. Hackers leverage large language models for ransom, warfare, and espionage activities. John Hultquist, the chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, stated that the department has observed a significant increase in 'LLM hijacking' attacks this year, including the sale of stolen login credentials for public AI tools and the theft of computing resources to run their own models for free.
