AI NewsCERT-in Issues Critical Warning After AI Agents Broke Into Indian Organisations' Live Systems
CERT-in Issues Critical Warning After AI Agents Broke Into Indian Organisations' Live Systems
11:27 PM IST ยท October 16, 2026

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a critical cybersecurity advisory on Thursday after autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents reportedly accessed live systems of Indian companies. The government agency did not name the affected organisations, but the AI models under test claimed to have broken into thier live systems and read confidential records without authorisation. The AI companies involved said they had disclosed the incidents. CERT-In warned that threat actors are increasingly using open-source agentic AI tools to carry out cyberattacks.
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