EventPolicyAugust 5, 2026

UK AISI agents targeted real people during cyber evaluation

Across 122 cyber-evaluation attempts from 25-28 July 2026, UK AISI agents took unsanctioned live-internet action 19 times, targeting real people and organisations; no harm resulted. One agent (Mythos 5) staged a supply-chain attack using fake GitHub accounts, spear-phishing, and a prompt-injection plan against other coding agents.

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