World-first autonomous ‘end-to-end’ AI attack against Taiwan tied to Chinese hackers — and the scariest part is that it was fully open source

A Chinese military facility with multiple computers visible on a desk, with a large Chinese flag in the background.

• China launched a fully autonomous vulnerability hunting attack against Taiwan
• The attack leveraged eight open-source AI models to hunt for new attack vectors
• The attack hit Taiwan government accounts, personnel records, the nuclear safety agency, and more

A first-of-its-kind cyberattack using autonomous AI has been spotted attacking Taiwan, and it compromised 85 government accounts and stole over 2,500 personnel records before moving on to hit the country’s nuclear safety agency and at least seven energy companies.