When AI Attacks AI: Why Every System Needs a Guard
It’s that the AI executed an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the operation on its own. Reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, exploitation, lateral movement, credential harvesting, exfiltration. Human operators broke the work into tasks and stepped in for strategic decisions.
- ▪It’s that the AI executed an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the operation on its own.
- ▪Reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, exploitation, lateral movement, credential harvesting, exfiltration.
- ▪Human operators broke the work into tasks and stepped in for strategic decisions.
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When AI Attacks AI: Why Every System Needs a GuardAlan Scott Encinas8 min read·Just now--ListenSharePress enter or click to view image in full sizeIn September 2025, a group tracked as GTG-1002 ran an espionage campaign against roughly thirty organizations across technology, finance, chemicals, and government.The unusual part isn’t the target list. It’s that the AI executed an estimated 80 to 90 percent of the operation on its own. Reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, exploitation, lateral movement, credential harvesting, exfiltration. Human operators broke the work into tasks and stepped in for strategic decisions. The agent did the rest.
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