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Hackers stole AI credentials to get $740,000 in free compute; Railway picked up the bill
Attackers used Railway customer credentials for fraudulent AI usage, exposing how stolen machine identities can fuel model distillation while spreading costs across legitimate customers.
Summary
As AI model training and distillation increase, AI tokens are becoming a piping hot currency for threat actors. Cloud hosting provider Railway found out the hard way; it has confirmed a near 26-hour battle against attackers targeting AI provider credentials to sell to AI ‘transfer stations’ for use in model distillation.
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