AI tools flood into underground cybercrime markets

AxiosOctober 6, 2026en

Hackers in underground cybercriminal forums are on shopping sprees for new AI tools , according to research shared first with Axios. Why it matters: AI is making once-specialized hacking capabilities cheaper and easier to buy, potentially transforming far more criminals into dangerous hackers. By the numbers: Advertisements for AI tools on underground forums and platforms surged from fewer than 50 per month in late 2025 to more than 1,400 by February, according to a report from Halcyon's Ransomware Research Center. Sellers offered access to ChatGPT Plus accounts for as little as 10 cents and jailbreak prompts to trick models into breaking their safeguards for 32 cents, per the research. Halc

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