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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Brace for bugmageddon: experts warn of AI crime wave

AI tools are set to multiply attacks on financial companies as hackers bid to steal funds and data. (Rounak Amini/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's finance firms are increasingly being targeted by Chinese and North Korean hacking groups in attacks designed to steal funds, access and identity data.

But artificial intelligence tools could multiply those attacks in future, a report warns, as the technology is used to find software vulnerabilities and even to impersonate workers.

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