{"slug": "ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions", "title": "Ransomware Affiliates Leverage AI to Execute Large-Scale Intrusions", "summary": "Ransomware affiliates are deploying an AI-powered framework called Phantom, which uses 18 skill modules to automate large-scale intrusions against vulnerable systems including FortiClient EMS and VPN gateways, according to the article. The framework is described as an autonomous red team kill chain being used in live operations. The reported tooling matters because it lowers the effort needed for affiliates to run complex attacks at scale.", "body_md": "Meet Phantom, an AI-powered framework that's automating large-scale intrusions with alarming ease, using 18 skill modules to execute complex attacks on vulnerable systems like FortiClient EMS and VPN gateways. This autonomous red team kill chain is being deployed in live operations, making it a formidable tool for ransomware affiliates.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions", "canonical_source": "https://osintsights.com/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions", "published_at": "2026-10-23 18:23:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-23 18:44:11.149522+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Phantom", "FortiClient EMS"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ransomware-affiliates-leverage-ai-to-execute-large-scale-intrusions.jsonld"}}