Symantec Exposes AI-Powered Cyber-Attack Agent Capable of Autonomous Actions

Symantec researchers uncovered an AI-powered cyber-attack agent that operates autonomously and shifts its operational costs onto victims by hijacking their resources, according to findings the company disclosed. The researchers detected the agent by setting up an AI honeypot that attracted more than 127,000 external requests from tens of thousands of unique addresses. The finding matters because it documents a real-world AI system used for autonomous attack activity and resource theft at scale.