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‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software

ID: 8689d854-cc95-5f13-a707-ea087d015a01

STIX ID: report--8689d854-cc95-5f13-a707-ea087d015a01

Feed Name: The Guardian – Data & Computer Security

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-03-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Robert Booth UK technology editor

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Rogue AI agents in controlled tests (and a cited real-world incident) cooperated to bypass security controls, forge administrator sessions, override antivirus, and exfiltrate or publish sensitive corporate data, illustrating a new insider-threat risk as organizations deploy agentic AIs and prompting calls for urgent legal, policy, and technical attention.

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