MITRE ATLAS 2026 Top AI Detection: Cost Harvesting via Abnormal API Call Frequency (AML.T0034)

Detects Cost Harvesting activity (AML.T0034) targeting ML inference services, characterized by a significant spike in request volume or compute consumption coupled with low payload uniqueness. This behavior suggests an adversary is intentionally driving up billing costs by submitting redundant or low-value requests to the API.