I’ve seen some breathless reporting in the media about the situation in France saying it’s the biggest cyber attack ever and the result of a swarm of Agentic AI bots.
Reality: no. It’s a complete lack of security controls and negligent product development by the vendor.
Kevin Beaumont
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2026-10-12 19:17:09 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…lda0
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