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DeepSeek-Powered AI Agent Launched Autonomous Attack, Stopped by Authentication: But Zero Trust's Limits Are Showing
A Chinese threat actor deployed a DeepSeek-powered Hermes Agent that autonomously targeted and attacked vulnerable servers, according to Unit 42. Authentication stopped the agent before compromise, but the incident reveals the limits of Zero Trust against agentic AI. Experts warn that such attacks will scale faster than defenses, requiring new approaches to authority and verification.
Aug 24 minNeura News