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Taiwan confirms it was hit by ‘abnormal’ AI-assisted cyber-attack
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Taiwan says it detected AI-assisted cyber-attacks on government agencies that came from overseas last month, a new kind of threat that has been reported as “first-of-a-kind breach”.
Key facts
- The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MDA) said its cybersecurity monitoring units detected the “abnormal attack” targeting government agencies, which began on 20 July
- Dream was reported as saying that the tool compromised “at least 85 government user accounts, extracting more than 2,500 personnel records before expanding the attack to Taiwan’s nuclear safety
- The investigation into the AI-assisted attack said it showed clear characteristics of an “overseas source”, with hackers employing a hybrid approach that combined manual operations with AI
- Though Taiwanese officials did not direct accusations at China, the FT on Wednesday reported that China-linked hackers were suspected
Summary
The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MDA) said its cybersecurity monitoring units detected the “abnormal attack” targeting government agencies, which began on 20 July. The Financial Times quoted Dream, an Israeli AI company that detected the intrusion, as saying the attackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that behaved like a coordinated cyber team, describing it as a first-of-a-kind breach.