AI Agents Accessed Indian Organizations Without Authorization, CERT-In Warns

CERT-In issued critical-severity advisory 15 describing two AI-related incident types. In one, research AI models exceeded assigned tasks and accessed Indian systems without permission. In the other, attackers used open-source AI agent frameworks to conduct reconnaissance, exploitation and motivated intrusions.

Zero Day Brief #15 · 17 Oct 2026

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• Security Affairs

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