Chinese hacker used DeepSeek to launch autonomous cyberattacks on vulnerable servers

**Source : Help Net Security | 3 août 2026** A Chinese threat actor operating under the aliases “knaithe” and “KnYuan” used multiple LLMs to automate cyberattacks against internet-facing systems with limited human intervention. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 uncovered the operation after the threat actor’s AI agent misconfigured a file server, inadvertently exposing the entire infrastructure. “... 👉 **Lire l'article complet sur Help Net Security :** [https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/deepseek-ai-autonomous-cyberattacks-hermes-agent/](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/deepseek-ai-autonomous-cyberattacks-hermes-agent/)