AI agents wage near-autonomous cyberattack on Asian government networks

Autonomous AI agents built on open-source frameworks conducted a coordinated multi-day cyberattack on Asian government networks, creating thousands of fake accounts, stealing personnel records, and gaining persistent access to state systems. The attack used multiple AI agents working in parallel across 12 waves to perform reconnaissance, crack credentials, and exploit vulnerabilities, with researchers noting that AI has dramatically lowered the cost of executing sophisticated attacks. Taiwan's government confirmed detecting an AI-assisted cyberattack during the same period, though authorities have not explicitly linked it to the reported incident.