Ultralytics

Ultralytics, an AI company, suffered a significant cybersecurity incident when its AI model was hijacked. The attackers infected thousands of systems with a cryptominer, capitalizing on the company's extensive deployment of AI solutions. While the full extent of the financial and reputational damage is still being assessed, the malicious use of the AI model for crypto mining could have led to considerable performance degradation, increased operating costs, and potential loss of trust among Ultralytics' clientele. Operational disruptions and the remediation process likely resulted in substantial direct and indirect costs for the organization.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/171794/malware/security-affairs-malware-newsletter-round-23.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ultralytics

"id": "ult000121524",
"linkid": "ultralytics",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Artificial Intelligence',
                        'name': 'Ultralytics',
                        'type': 'AI Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'AI Model Hijacking',
 'description': 'Ultralytics, an AI company, suffered a significant '
                'cybersecurity incident when its AI model was hijacked. The '
                'attackers infected thousands of systems with a cryptominer, '
                "capitalizing on the company's extensive deployment of AI "
                'solutions. While the full extent of the financial and '
                'reputational damage is still being assessed, the malicious '
                'use of the AI model for crypto mining could have led to '
                'considerable performance degradation, increased operating '
                "costs, and potential loss of trust among Ultralytics' "
                'clientele. Operational disruptions and the remediation '
                'process likely resulted in substantial direct and indirect '
                'costs for the organization.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Potential loss of trust among '
                                       'clientele',
            'operational_impact': 'Performance degradation, increased '
                                  'operating costs',
            'systems_affected': 'Thousands of systems'},
 'motivation': 'Financial',
 'title': 'Ultralytics AI Model Hijacked for Cryptomining',
 'type': 'Cryptomining'}