{"slug": "nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds", "title": "Nearly Half of Organisations Report Unauthorised AI Agent Actions, Research Finds", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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 […]\n\nThe post [Nearly Half of Organisations Report Unauthorised AI Agent Actions, Research Finds](https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/10/14/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds/) appeared first on [IT Security Guru](https://www.itsecurityguru.org).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds", "canonical_source": "https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2026/10/14/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds", "published_at": "2026-10-14 14:21:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-15 05:09:19.612146+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Salt Security", "State of Agentic AI and API Security 2H 2026"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nearly-half-of-organisations-report-unauthorised-ai-agent-actions-research-finds.jsonld"}}