Aug. 1 at 1:28 PM
Experts say these aren’t the first AI-agent-led attacks, but they’re drawing outsized attention because of the scale and name recognition. In April, Jer Crane, the founder of software startup PocketOS, said a Cursor AI agent that the company was using in its own system wiped out its production database and backups in 9 seconds.
Code deletion represents more extreme cases, but SailPoint
tech chief Chandra Gnanasambandam said instances with AI acquiring permissions are actually more common than people realize, and it’s happening daily.
“The nature of conversations that I have had with our customers are different from even a month ago,” he said. “They are a lot more aware of this problem.”
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