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AI Hallucinations Enable 'Phantom Squatting' Supply Chain Attacks

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Dark Reading ·

Attackers exploit LLM hallucinations to register fake domains that models invent for real brands. Researchers found 60% of hallucinated domains for top companies were available for purchase. This new vector lets attackers hijack supply chains by squatting on AI-generated phantom domains.

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The threat highlights a blind spot in AI safety: models can't distinguish real from fabricated web infrastructure, and attackers are already weaponizing that flaw.
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