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AI-run cyber espionage campaign

Recorded year2025

A state-backed group uses AI agents to perform most steps of intrusions against about 30 organisations, the first such campaign reported.

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Built on

AI finds and fixes zero-daysRecorded · 2025enables
Autonomous AI agentsRecorded · 2025enables

Led to

First rogue AI agent swarmRecorded · 2026enables
Agent firewallsForecast · ~2027enables
Automated cyber conflictForecast · ~2032enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.