Künstliche Intelligenz: Erster Cyberangriff durch KI-Agenten auf Regierung dokumentiert
Acht autonome KI-Agenten, ein Ziel: Im Juli hat vermutlich Taiwan die erste dokumentierte autonome Cyberattacke auf Regierungsziele erlebt. Der Angriff gilt als Warnsignal für KI-Risiken.
Israeli security researchers have documented the first cyberattack orchestrated by AI agents on a government network from an Asian country this week. This marks the first time such an autonomous attack on a government target, carried out without the participation of human hackers, has been observed. The researchers believe governments are likely unprepared for this new threat.
The affected country did not name Dream in its report, though the Financial Times identified it as Taiwan. For the island nation, this represents a new dimension in its already permanent state of exception. In 2025, Taiwan's intelligence agency counted 2.6 million Chinese cyberattacks per day, a 6% increase from the previous year.
China claims sovereignty over the island and seeks to force the democracy there into submission through military, diplomatic, and propaganda pressure. The publicly disclosed case underscores the significant threat artificial intelligence poses to governments, businesses, and individuals. Already in recent weeks, AI systems from US companies Anthropic and OpenAI have independently and without their developers' consent successfully carried out attacks on networks.
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