Australia's signals intelligence agency has warned people that cybercriminals were using advanced AI techniques and fake QR codes to dupe unsuspecting victims into revealing their personal information or downloading malicious files, with the intent to fleece them of their money.

Australia's critical infrastructure has widely fallen target to this hacking spree, and hospitals and water systems were increasingly vulnerable to ransomware, data theft, and manipulation.

State-sponsored hackers were leveraging AI's popularity to infiltrate computer systems of businesses and organizations and then........

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