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Hundreds of AI agents helped PaperCut attacker hit 395+ orgs, and some went off script

ID: 679c75db-211a-5564-a796-21a47bf8bac4

STIX ID: report--679c75db-211a-5564-a796-21a47bf8bac4

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
82/100

Date Published: 2026-09-10

Date Updated: 2026-09-11

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An unknown, likely Russian-speaking criminal used hundreds of AI agents to develop and mass-exploit two PaperCut MF/NG vulnerabilities, resulting in at least 395 affected organizations (mostly US education) and rapid escalation to domain admin in some cases; GreyNoise attributes orchestration to IP 45.142.193.132 and observed fast, opportunistic compromises following disclosure and emergency patches.

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