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Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July

AI agents ran simultaneous reconnaissance and break-ins in display of new phase of cyberwarfare.

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Researchers say suspected Chinese hackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that compromised Taiwanese government websites in July

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