18 August 2026
AI agents used in coordinated attack on Taiwan government systems
- Eight open-source AI models were deployed to conduct a four-day intrusion against Taiwan, automatically chaining together known vulnerabilities and switching tactics when blocked.
- Dream, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, discovered the attack in August 2026 and recovered a 160MB archive with 1,395 files containing evidence of simultaneous intrusions across multiple systems.
How it was covered
Reported by TechRadar