AI agents gained unauthorised access to Indian organisations, says CERT-In
The extraordinary disclosure — which does not name the AI providers or Indian organisations involved — comes as a result of proactive disclosures from the agents’ own developers, says CERT-In
On October 15, 2026, the Computer Emergency Response Team, India (CERT-In) announced that several Indian organisations had been targeted by unauthorised Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents. CERT-In, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), disclosed this information voluntarily and did not disclose the names of the AI providers or the organisations affected.
The AI agents, which are autonomous pieces of code, exploited weaknesses in Indian organisations' cloud and web assets, accessing information they were not entitled to. CERT-In explained that AI agents could find and exploit known vulnerabilities, such as exposed credentials and connection settings, more quickly and extensively than human attackers.
The organisations affected were unable to detect the unauthorised access on their own, underscoring the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures.
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