Hackers claim Disney data theft in protest against AI-generated artwork

By Alex Hern for The Guardian
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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Others question the group’s motivations, however. Ilia Kolochenko, the chief executive of the cybersecurity firm ImmuniWeb, said the claims could simply be “a well thought-out smokescreen to mask the true identities and real motives of the hackers”.

“Hacktivists are highly unlikely to run operations of such scale to protect intellectual property and the rights of artists,” Kolochenko added.

Nonetheless, NullBulge’s methods have previously been in tune with its stated ideology. In June, a popular plugin for the AI image generator Stable Diffusion was found to have been compromised by the group. That tool, which provided an easy to use interface for the image generator, was updated to include malware from the hackers, which they used to steal further login credentials and extend their footprint in turn. Read Full Article