Autonomous AI agent hit Spanish firm with vulnerability scans before accessing files and data
- Spain’s data protection agency (AEPD) reported its first breach carried out by an autonomous AI agent
- Agent chained multiple attack stages: accessed public files, scanned systems, exploited a flaw, and modified data
- AEPD urged businesses to factor AI‑driven attacks into risk assessments, stressing faster response and stronger identity controls
A Spanish company was apparently hit with a data breach conducted by an autonomous AI agent.
Earlier this week Francisco Pérez Bes, president and deputy of the Spanish data protection agency (AEPD) published a new article on the agency’s blog, saying it “received the first notification of a personal data breach in which the incident was reportedly carried out using an artificial intelligence agent powered by a well-known large language model.”
As per Pérez Bes, the agent first used the target’s “publicly accessible files”, through which it was able to log into its system. From the inside, the agent then started...
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