cd /news/ai-agents/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-… · home › topics › ai-agents › article
[ARTICLE · art-150243] src=itsecurityguru.org ↗ pub= topic=ai-agents verified=true sentiment=↓ negative

Nearly Half of Organisations Report Unauthorised AI Agent Actions, Research Finds

Salt Security's State of Agentic AI and API Security 2H 2026 report found that 49.8% of organisations confirmed or suspected an AI agent took an unintended, unexpected or unauthorised action in the past year. The research highlights growing concerns around the security of autonomous AI agents and the APIs they call.

by read1 min views2 publishedOct 14, 2026

Nearly half (49.8%) of organisations have confirmed or suspected that an AI agent took an unintended, unexpected or unauthorised action in the past year, according to new research from Salt Security. The findings, published in the company’s State of Agentic AI and API Security 2H 2026 report, highlight growing concerns around the security of autonomous […]

The post Nearly Half of Organisations Report Unauthorised AI Agent Actions, Research Finds appeared first on IT Security Guru.

── more in #ai-agents 4 stories · sorted by recency
── more on @salt security 3 stories trending now
sponsored brought to you by zahid.host 4,200+ EU-deployed projects
reading about agents? ship yours in a single git push.

Run your AI side-project on zahid.host

EU-based hosting, git-push deploys, automatic HTTPS, no cold starts. Free tier with a custom domain — perfect for shipping the agent you just read about.

$git push zahid main
→ Live at https://your-agent.zahid.host ✓
Get free account → Pricing
from €0/mo · no card required
LIVE [news/nearly-half-of-organ…] indexed:0 read:1min 2026-10-14 · —