Spain's data protection watchdog said it has received the first reported notification of a personal data breach allegedly carried out by an artificial intelligence agent, a case that suggests autonomous systems are beginning to play a direct role in cyberattacks.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) said on Monday in a blog on its website that the incident involved an AI agent using a widely known large language model to identify vulnerabilities, gain access to a system and subsequently modify personal data and access invoices.
