The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

An AI agent performed the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack, representing the first known instance of such use. Nevertheless, a human operator still selected the target, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials, meaning the operation was not fully autonomous.

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