Is AI ever too much AI?

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Hackers launch another wave of mass-hacks targeting company file transfer tools

Security researchers are sounding the alarm after hackers were caught exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool used by thousands of organizations to launch a new wave of mass data exfiltration attacks. The vulnerability affects the MOVEit Transfer managed file transfer (MFT) software developed by Ipswitch, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Progress…