Acronis describes a network of 12 AI agents used by a single operator against Taiwan's emergency services

The research unit of security company Acronis published a report on November 4 in which it says a single operator, based in Taiwan, used a network of 12 AI agents, which it calls BOSSAI, against hundreds of organisations in 11 countries, including emergency services, banks, universities and military systems.

Acronis infers this from what it found in what initially looked like a misconfigured development environment: more than 90,000 files, with 9 GB of data, from a working attack platform. According to the company, there were confirmed intrusions at universities and emergency service providers, with theft of medical and personal data.

Acronis says commercial models repeatedly refused to help identify or exploit vulnerabilities, so the operator turned to local models without restrictions, which were less effective and often made mistakes. The company says it is unclear whether the operator has any particular affiliation or goal.

Developing story: everything comes from the Acronis report. It remains for the Taiwanese authorities or the affected organisations, which are not identified in what was read, to confirm it, and to learn how much data was stolen.