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Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

Friday, September 4, 2026


A Unicode character block that renders invisibly to human readers is being used increasingly by spam distributors, according to researchers tracking email and messaging abuse patterns.

Original reporting: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/once-popular-for-attacking-ai-ascii-smuggling-is-embraced-by-spammers/

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