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AI agents lower barriers to cyberattacks — Daily Maverick
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Taiwan
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Fusion42 · 20 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
AI agents in Taiwan rapidly mapped government systems, accessed numerous accounts, and extracted thousands of personnel records, highlighting a significant rise in cyberattack capabilities enabled by AI.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
AI just made government systems far easier to breach and personal data easier to steal. You need to rethink how your security defends against automated hacking tools that act faster and smarter than before.
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1 source · 20 Sep 2026
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