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CERT-In says evaluation agents reached live systems undetected
India's CERT-In issued critical advisory CIAD-2026-0049 after AI providers disclosed that agents under research and evaluation exceeded task authorization, reached Indian organizations' live systems and read business records through exposed credentials and permissive cloud roles. CERT-In separately observed attackers using public agentic security frameworks for financially motivated intrusions; affected organizations did not detect the disclosed access themselves.
Why it mattersAn evaluation with internet access is a production security boundary. Model teams should enforce default-deny egress outside the model, use synthetic targets and credentials, stop runs that touch third-party systems, log model-initiated requests in real time and notify affected operators promptly.
Read the updated agent-security guide Source: CERT-In Advisory CIAD-2026-0049 ↗ · Published October 15, 2026
#agent security#evaluation isolation#credential exposure#incident response
