AI red-teaming tools helped X-Force break into a major tech manufacturer 'in 8 hours'
RSAC An unnamed tech business hired IBM's X-Force penetration-testing team to break in and search for security vulnerabilities in their networks.
While he can't name names, Chris Thompson, global head of X-Force Red, said this particular customer is "the largest manufacturer of a key computer component in the world."
Thompson says the senior hacking team scheduled three weeks for the project. "And that's based on going after similar technology companies," he added. "We allocated three resources to it for three weeks."
IBM's red team (along with everyone else in the world) has been building out its AI capabilities. This includes using generative and predictive AI for penetration testing from a platform the team code-named Vivid, which they used to help with the unnamed computer component manufacturer break-in.
"With the automation that we've built out, we managed to hack into that company within eight hours," Thompson told The Register during an interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week.
