California man pleads guilty in AI tool scam that led to major Disney data breach

News - Scroller Home Page07 May 2025

A 25-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to federal cybercrime charges after orchestrating a sophisticated hacking scheme that exploited artificial intelligence software to infiltrate The Walt Disney Company’s internal systems, leading to the theft of over one terabyte of sensitive information.

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