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  "id": 6400071,
  "title": "US firm used AI to hijack WeChat account, spurring call for cyber cooperation with China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-firm-used-ai-to-hijack-wechat-account-spurring-call-for-cyber-6400071",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-09T08:01:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3366898/us-firm-used-ai-hijack-wechat-account-spurring-call-cyber-cooperation-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence could help hijack WeChat accounts via unanswered voice calls, intensifying concerns about AI-driven cyber threats and prompting renewed calls for bilateral cooperation between the United States and China. US security firm Calif said on Tuesday that its AI system identified a critical flaw in Tencent Holdings’ widely used…",
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        "outlet": "SCMP Tech",
        "title": "US firm used AI to hijack WeChat account, spurring call for cyber cooperation with China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-firm-used-ai-to-hijack-wechat-account-spurring-call-for-cyber",
        "published": "2026-09-09T08:01:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "China’s WeChat makes fix after US firm shows AI hack risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/chinas-wechat-makes-fix-after-us-firm-shows-ai-hack-risk-6411929",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:46:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "China's WeChat makes fix after US firm shows AI hack risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/chinas-wechat-makes-fix-after-us-firm-shows-ai-hack-risk",
        "published": "2026-09-09T09:55:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "WeChat fixes flaws after US firm shows AI cyberattack worm could hijack accounts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/wechat-fixes-flaws-after-us-firm-shows-ai-cyberattack-worm-could",
        "published": "2026-09-09T11:55:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}