{"data":{"id":"43cc4db9-5723-45aa-8aab-ae8aa591aded","title":"Chinese Actor Weaponizes Deepseek AI Agent to Attack Security Firm","summary":"Researchers discovered that a Chinese actor was using a DeepSeek AI agent (an AI system designed to perform tasks autonomously) to attack over 1,200 computers with the goal of proxyjacking (hijacking a computer's internet connection to route traffic through it for hiding the attacker's identity) and launching additional attacks. The weaponized AI was intercepted and investigated by security researchers at Jesta.","solution":"N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-actor-deepseek-ai-agent-attack-security-firm","publishedAt":"2026-08-03T15:42:18.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"high","attackType":["model_theft"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":[],"affectedVendorsRaw":["DeepSeek"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-08-03T15:42:18.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"advanced","impactType":["integrity","availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"agent","llmSpecific":true,"classifierConfidence":0.85,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}