A Zhuhai operator used DeepSeek, a Hermes agent and a godmode jailbreak to hunt 460-plus targets. Open-weight models made the offensive kit a shopping list.
A Zhuhai operator used DeepSeek, a Hermes agent and a bundled godmode jailbreak to hunt more than 460 targets, then stole data from three organisations. Open-weight models this week made that offensive kit a public shopping list for any lone operator who can still point one at his scanner tonight.
Taiwan confirmed AI agents ran a July government intrusion through weak credentials, not a zero-day. For Australian CISOs, last year's backlog has been repriced. Close hygiene, treat agents as privileged identities, and rehearse at machine speed before the next quarterly drill. The estate is open.
Nvidia’s blockbuster quarter, Cerebras’ vertiginous IPO and Huawei’s state backed ascent reveal both the promise and fragility of the emerging inference economy, where capital, chips and geopolitics now move in lockstep across Washington, Wall Street and Beijing.
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