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Decision BriefSimon Willisonagentsecurity2026-08-05

Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing

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What Changed

<p><strong><a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/incident-report-unsanctioned-agent-behaviour-during-cyber-testing">Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing</a></strong></p> It happened <em>again</em>. This time it was the UK government's AI Security Institute who accidenta

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