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This Saturday morning, new reports confirm a surge in AI-driven cyberattacks, with Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs confirming a near-autonomous AI cyberattack in July 2026 that mapped 21 government systems and compromised 85 accounts. The Futurum Group highlights this attack validates findings from Tenable's Research Special Operations team, confirming near-autonomous offensive AI is now an operational reality. BankInfoSecurity and The Manila Times both report a new type of AI risk emerging as companies connect AI agents to critical business platforms. Three in ten organizations across the ASEAN region have already experienced malicious AI-driven attacks, with an average data breach cost of $4.12 million. BankInfoSecurity adds that 22% of respondents reported an AI-based attack against a business-critical platform in the last year, with over 70% expressing limited trust in AI protecting their critical data. Garantir and Oligo Security are responding to this threat. Garantir has extended its GaraTrust platform with "Agentic Security," ensuring every AI agent action is tied to a verified human identity using existing enterprise identity providers, as reported by ACCESS Newswire. Oligo Security, as detailed by varindia.com, just raised $60 million to secure these AI agents in real-time, detecting and stopping attacks while applications are running. NZSIS warns that generative AI is amplifying threats to New Zealand's national security, acting as a "multiplier or an exaggerator" for malicious actors by identifying and radicalizing vulnerable individuals, creating tailored propaganda, and even assisting in developing weapons, as per NZ Herald. What nobody expected is the potential for AI to make law enforcement hacking obsolete. تسنیم reports AI's ability to automatically find and fix software vulnerabilities could significantly reduce the weaknesses intelligence agencies use to access digital systems, leading to a "going dark" scenario for surveillance. This means protecting your digital presence is more critical than ever, both from malicious AI attacks and by understanding how AI-driven security could change the landscape of digital privacy and government access.