A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click - The New York Times
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 8 Sep 2026 18:16:08 UTC All snapshots from host www.nytimes.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee SKIP TO CONTENT SKIP TO SITE INDEX SECTION NAVIGATION Search LOG IN Artificial Intelligence› Hugging Face Hack Anthropic’s IPO A.I. Consciousness Bill Gates’s Warning Alarming Capabilities A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said. Listen · 8:49 min Researchers at Calif, a security company, recently built a hacking tool in a little more than a week that could run roughshod across WeChat, the popular messaging platform. Credit... Dado Ruvic/Reuters By Dustin Volz Dustin Volz covers cybersecurity and intelligence, and reported from Washington. Sept. 8, 2026 Updated 12:50 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Time