Japanese police arrest man after computer viruses created by misusing AI
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The Metropolitan Police Department on May 28 arrested a man on suspicion of creating a computer virus using interactive generative artificial intelligence in a potential ransomware threat to companies.
It is rare for police to make an arrest in a case involving a computer virus created using generative AI tools.
According to Tokyo police, Ryuki Hayashi, 25, an unemployed man who lives in Kawasaki, used his home computer and smartphone to access several AI programs that were available for free on the internet in March 2023. He utilized the programs to create “source codes,” which are the blueprints of malicious programs, and created viruses to destroy data owned by companies and other entities.
