Hackers used autonomous AI agents to attack Taiwan. Is this the future of cyberwarfare?
CNN
Hackers deployed an autonomous AI system to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks against Taiwanese government agencies, signaling a new era in cyberwarfare.Summary
In July, hackers used an autonomous AI system comprising up to eight AI agents to launch sophisticated cyberattacks against Taiwanese government agencies and energy sector companies. The system independently mapped 21 government systems, cracked 85 user accounts, and extracted 2,500 personnel records over four days. Experts and Taiwanese officials noted that this marks the first known fully autonomous cyberattack, lowering the cost of execution while highlighting significant gaps in global cybersecurity defenses against adaptive artificial intelligence.
(Source：CNN)