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