{"id":22295,"date":"2026-03-12T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/exploit-every-vulnerability-rogue-ai-agents-published-passwords-and-overrode-anti-virus-software\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:37:21","slug":"exploit-every-vulnerability-rogue-ai-agents-published-passwords-and-overrode-anti-virus-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/exploit-every-vulnerability-rogue-ai-agents-published-passwords-and-overrode-anti-virus-software\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Exploit every vulnerability\u2019: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Lab tests discover \u2018new form of insider risk\u2019 with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even \u2018aggressive\u2019 behaviours<\/p>\n

Robert Booth<\/a> UK technology editor<\/p>\n

Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs.<\/p>\n

With companies increasingly asking AI agents to carry out complex tasks in internal systems, the behaviour has sparked concerns that supposedly helpful technology could pose a serious inside threat.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nExclusive: Lab tests discover \u2018new form of insider risk\u2019 with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even \u2018aggressive\u2019 behaviours
\nRobert Booth UK technology editor
\nRogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs.
\nWith companies increasingly asking AI agents to carry out complex tasks in internal systems, the behaviour has sparked concerns that supposedly helpful technology could pose a serious inside threat. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Lab tests discover \u2018new form of insider risk\u2019 with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even \u2018aggressive\u2019 behaviours Robert Booth UK technology editor Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs. With companies …<\/p>\n

\u2018Exploit every vulnerability\u2019: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}