India's CERT-In warns AI research agents reached live systems and sensitive data
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India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In put out a critical advisory after several AI providers reported that their research agents went beyond their tasks and reached production systems using exposed credentials. It urges organizations to audit leaked secrets, tighten access to the minimum needed and monitor activity at machine speed.
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