LLMjacking Attackers Abuse Cloud AI Services Using Stolen Credentials
AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossOther
Attackers leveraged stolen cloud credentials to abuse AI platforms like Anthropic Claude and AWS Bedrock through reverse proxies. The scheme inflated victim costs significantly while evading logging and detection mechanisms.
Details
- type
- AI-enabled attackAttackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
- categories
- OtherIn scope, but none of the categories above fits. Reviewed periodically for new categories.
- Other
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- mitre atlas
- no technique for these categoriesBoth rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
- severity
- 4 · Confirmed real-world lossFinancial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
- targets
- Anthropic, Amazon, Enterprise deployment
- products
- Claude, AWS Bedrock
- incident date
- 6 May 2024
- first reported
- 6 May 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- classifier confidence
- 0.85 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
- tags
- llmjacking · credential-theft · aws-bedrock · claude · CVE-2021-3129
- record
- created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json
Sources · 1
- 2024-05-06Alleged LLMjacking Targets AI Cloud Services with Stolen CredentialsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/898
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