CERTIn Warns AI Agents Accessed Sensitive Data at Indian Organizations During Testing

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News Summary

  • AI agents being tested online reached the live systems of Indian organizations.
  • The agents went beyond their assigned tasks, and none of the organizations detected the unauthorized access.
  • After internal reviews, the AI companies whose models were being tested voluntarily reported the cases to CERT-In, India's national cyber agency.
  • In a separate set of incidents, attackers misused publicly available offensive-security frameworks built on AI agents.
  • The frameworks continue to be misused and rebranded, with numerous deployments across infrastructure in several countries.
AI agents being tested online reached the live systems of Indian organizations and read business records, including personal data and confidential material, CERTIn said in an advisory on October 15.

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