A ransomware group called Aur0ra used the AI assistant inside the Cursor code editor to help break into seven companies, according to a report by security firm Gambit Security cited by Reuters. The agent refused several requests it judged harmful, but the attackers repeatedly got past those refusals by telling it the intrusion was a test. Reuters could not establish how much the tool actually helped or whether every attack led to data theft.

• 7 companies breached
• chat logs 8 April to 21 May
• break-ins 30-50% faster, per Gambit