When the attacker is an agent: a defender's field guide to autonomous AI intrusions in 2026
TL;DR In 2026 the autonomous agent stopped being a demo and became an attacker. Public incident write ups now describe agents that scan, pick targets, launch exploits, move laterally, and exfiltrate data across thousands of actions with one human command at the start. The defensive answer is not a…
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- 2026-10-06 19:10 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
When the attacker is an agent: a defender's field guide to autonomous AI intrusions in 2026