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negativeSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News2026-09-08T19:18:16+05:30

Autonomous AI Agents Exploit Credentials in Six-Hour Campaign

Autonomous AI agents executed a large-scale credential harvesting campaign, compromising thousands of credentials in under six hours through AI-driven attack frameworks. The report highlights the growing use of AI in cyberattacks, including credential stealers, malware development, and espionage activities by multiple threat groups.

Threat actors are continuing to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline their operations, with one financially motivated hacking group employing an autonomous, multi-agent attack framework to carry out a large-scale credential harvesting campaign within six hours.

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said it has observed attackers with diverse motivations targeting proprietary AI

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