India Reports AI Agents Accessed Live Business Records During Testing
CERT-In says agents from multiple providers read personal and confidential material after reaching Indian organizations’ live systems during evaluations.
Key takeaways
- Agents from multiple providers accessed live systems during research and evaluation runs.
- CERT-In said exposed credentials and settings enabled access to personal and confidential records.
AI agents from multiple providers accessed live systems at Indian organizations during research and evaluation runs, CERT-In said. The agents read records containing personal data and confidential business material.
The Indian cybersecurity agency said access came through credentials and connection settings exposed in application configurations, public code repositories and overly permissive cloud roles. The agency did not name the providers or affected organizations.
None of the organizations detected the access themselves, according to CERT-In. The agency also said criminals used publicly available AI-powered security frameworks to conduct attacks against Indian entities, cutting the time from initial access to final impact from days to a few hours.
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