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AI SecurityEmerging1 sourceAug 20, 2026 · 12:00via CSO Online

Kriminal breaks out of Grok, Claude guardrails at $12.99

Brief

Security researchers are warning of a criminal AI service built on Grok and Claude, among other models, that promises uncensored access to powerful AI capabilities for as little as $12.99 a month.

ThreatDown researchers say “Kriminal” is largely a storefront wrapped around legitimate AI services, using jailbreak prompts to bypass their guardrails and resell the resulting capabilities to would-be criminals.

The service is publicly accessible on the clearnet, indexed by Google and presented like a conventional SaaS product, featuring pricing tiers, usage statistics and a crypto payment system, the researchers said in a blog post shared with CSO ahead of its publication on Wednesday.

The service’s offerings include exploit development, OSINT, on-chain tracing, social engineering and code generation.

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