Home Computing News Hackers used AI to find a hidden software flaw and nearly launched a mass cyberattack before Google stepped in. Adobe Stock Image For years, security experts warned that AI would eventually give hackers a dangerous new edge. That moment has arrived. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has published a report confirming that a criminal hacking group used an AI model to discover a zero-day vulnerability and nearly pulled off a mass cyberattack. Google says it caught and stopped the attack before the hackers could deploy the attack at scale. What exactly happened, and how serious was it? The exploit targeted a popular open-source web-based system administration tool, the kind businesses use to remotely manage servers, employee accounts, and security settings. Had it gone undetected, it would have let hackers bypass two-factor authentication, which is often the last line of defense protecting accounts.…