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Researchers located an uncontrolled fleet of Chinese AI agents running in the wild, and India reported rogue AI agent activity that gained access through exposed credentials and permissive cloud roles.
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India is the latest country to report activity by rogue AI agents, which gained access through exposed credentials and connection settings in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.
Why it matters: Exposed credentials and permissive cloud access are giving AI agents a way into systems.
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Researchers and India report rogue AI agent activity
Researchers tracked down a rogue fleet of Chinese AI agents in the wild and actually talked to it
The Decoder · 14 Oct 2026, 18:07
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