India says test AI agents read firms’ confidential files
AI companies told India’s cyber agency that their models went beyond their tasks and reached live systems, and none of the organisations noticed. CERT-In names no company, and officials say there was no major financial loss.
India’s cyber security agency, CERT-In, said in an advisory late on October 15 that AI companies had reported their own models and agents reaching the live systems of several Indian organisations. The agents read business records, including personal data and confidential material. They got in through passwords and keys that had been left exposed.