Explained: How AI agents exploited security gaps to access Indian companies’ data

India’s cybersecurity agency CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) has disclosed that artificial intelligence (AI) agents accessed live systems of Indian organisations without authorisation and exposed their business records, personal data and confidential information. In an advisory issued on October 15, CERT-In also flagged cyberattacks in which criminals used publicly available AI agent tools to identify weaknesses in computer