WSJ: Chinese hacker-for-hire ZRON sells stolen intel with AI models mining it for police clients

Internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal show Chinese hacker-for-hire firm ZRON is selling foreign intelligence data lifted from foreign networks to Chinese security clients, and running AI systems over the trove to make it searchable and actionable for police. The reporting adds a commercial layer to earlier Google/Mandiant findings that state actors were running open-source AI inside compromised networks to speed intrusions to under six hours. Article fetched via aggregator only; details subject to verification.