AI Risk Wire

Cases · Who discovered it: an outside party · What went wrong: security breach · Added to the register (date we first published it): today

Patterns across all cases

What happenedWhat went wrongSeverityEarliest source
BUGSTER uses DeepSeek-powered Hermes Agent to breach university MongoDB, stealing 5,200+ records
DeepSeekmoderate · earliest source 2026-10-23
security breachmoderate2026-10-23
ARTEX autonomous penetration-testing agent used in attacks on South Korean financial institutionsmajor · earliest source 2026-10-21security breachmajor2026-10-21
China-linked autonomous AI agent Artex used in cyberattacks on Japanese and South Korean firmsmajor · earliest source 2026-10-20security breachmajor2026-10-20
CyberXero AI-augmented initial access campaign using Claude Code and PentAGI agents
Anthropicmajor · earliest source 2026-10-12
security breachmajor2026-10-12
Autonomous AI agent framework (Strix/Cairn/Hermes) used to attack hundreds of online retailers and steal card datamajor · earliest source 2026-10-07security breachmajor2026-10-07
AI agent (ARTEX with Claude) used in cyberattacks targeting South Korean banks
Anthropicmajor · earliest source 2026-10-05
security breachmajor2026-10-05

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