Near‑autonomous AI agents breach Asian gov’t networks, shrinking attack costs
In early July 2026 a multi‑agent AI framework—built on open‑source Hermes and OpenClaw—ran a four‑day, near‑autonomous intrusion against several Asian government systems, deploying up to eight agents in parallel. The campaign exfiltrated thousands of personnel records, cracked 85 credentials and generated 1,395 files, proving that sophisticated state‑level attacks can now be executed at dramatically lower cost.