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'Near-autonomous' AI agents attack Taiwan's nuclear safety agency

  • Jessica Lyons--Theregister.com
  • published date: 2026-08-12 21:45:16 UTC

Some say the world will end in fire, some say an agentic swarm

Suspected Chinese cyber operatives used publicly available AI tools to compromise Taiwanese government systems before expanding the attack to its nuclear safety agency, supply-chain vendors, and at l… [+4565 chars]