Taiwan Hit by 'Abnormal' AI-Assisted Cyberattack — SkimNews
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- Taiwan reported being struck by what officials called an "abnormal" AI-assisted cyberattack, described as unprecedented in scale and method (The Guardian, FT).
- China-linked hackers deployed autonomous AI agents in the attack, with the Financial Times framing it as the first confirmed use of fully autonomous AI by state-linked hackers against a government target.
Why it matters: The Financial Times characterized this as the first publicly confirmed use of fully autonomous AI agents by state-linked hackers (attributed to China) against a government target, raising the technical threshold for defending Taiwan's already heavily targeted digital infrastructure and complicating attribution.
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