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Hermes AI Agent Used in Espionage Attack on Thai Finance

Hermes AI Agent Used in Espionage Attack on Thai Finance

ATLAS OWASP CRITICAL ▲ 8.5 Dark Reading Jul 28, 2026

Threat actors deployed Hermes, an open-source autonomous AI agent operating in unrestricted 'YOLO mode', to conduct a state-level espionage operation against Thailand's Ministry of Finance. The incident represents one of the first confirmed uses of an agentic AI tool as a primary attack instrument in a government-targeted intrusion. This case highlights the escalating risk posed by autonomous AI agents when deployed without guardrails in adversarial contexts.