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> The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human

[SOURCE] TechCrunch Security [AUTHOR: Connie Loizos] [DATE: 06/07/2026 23:56] [LANGUAGE: EN]
An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.
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