Taiwan attacker used AI agents to take Taipei dispatch records
Acronis says abliterated local models did the attacks after commercial models mostly refused, and about 10 targets were breached.
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Caseway CEO says expansion is shifting to Taiwan and Europe
The founder says a September 8 US directive halted new American sales while two existing US customers remain.
Schmidt essay likens OpenAI and Anthropic to colonial trading companies
A Foreign Affairs essay argues debt, minerals, chips and a Taiwan risk constrain the US-China AI race.
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UAT-11985 Uses Fake Event Invites to Target Taiwan Research Affiliates With Google AitM Phishing
Cisco Talos says UAT-11985 uses fake event invites and Google AitM phishing against Taiwan research affiliates.
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Google AitM Phishing Kit Uses WebSockets to Bypass MFA in Real Time
Cisco Talos says UAT-11985 uses a Google AiTM kit to steal sessions from Taiwan-linked researchers.
Hackers Use AI-Generated Event Lures to Steal Google Accounts and Bypass MFA
UAT-11985 used likely AI-written event invites and an AiTM kit to steal Google sessions from Taiwan researchers.
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UAT-11985: AI-assisted event lures delivering real-time Google AitM phishing
Cisco Talos says UAT-11985 phished Taiwan researchers with AI-assisted event lures and real-time Google AitM.
Linux Backdoors Impersonate Email Security Tools to Evade Detection in Korea and Taiwan
Linux backdoors impersonating SpamSniper and ShareTech target telecom appliances in South Korea and Taiwan.
ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and Taiwan
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Ads across Southeast Asia and Taiwan after a $1 billion run rate.
The democratization of cyber warfare — and what it means for CISOs
CSO Online argues AI is democratizing cyber warfare, citing Taiwan's first largely autonomous AI-driven attack that hit 85 government accounts.
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Tracking Elirks Variants in Japan: Similarities to Previous Attacks
Unit 42 links new Elirks backdoor variants attacking Japanese organizations to 2012 Taiwan attacks, delivered via spear-phishing PDFs exploiting Adobe Flash CVE-2011-0611.
MILE TEA: Cyber Espionage Campaign Targets Asia Pacific Businesses and Government Agencies
Unit 42 names MILE TEA, a cyber-espionage campaign since 2011 targeting Japanese and Taiwanese businesses and government agencies with e-ticket phishing lures and Elirks-family malware.
The Agentic AI threat cluster: Seven incidents, three actors, and what they mean for your exposure
Tenable links seven agentic AI attack incidents to three threat actors, including Taiwan's confirmed autonomous attack that exfiltrated over 2,564 personnel records.
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China-Linked Hackers Use AI Agents in Autonomous Attack on Taiwan
Suspected Chinese hackers used eight AI agents to autonomously breach Taiwan government networks, compromising 85+ accounts and stealing 2,500 personnel records.
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Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in Taiwan
Dream researchers observed the first near-autonomous AI attack on a government target, with suspected Chinese hackers stealing 2,500+ Taiwan records.
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