Threat Pulse 62High
Theory: ransomware crews are adopting AI agents and MCP tooling for faster intrusions
Severity 2Status unknownrumorAI and software supply chainAI-related

Reports of INC and The Gentlemen affiliates running AI-executed intrusions over MCP servers suggest criminal crews are automating recon and exploitation; evidence so far is a handful of vendor reports and the Grok sweep rated it weak.

· 14 days ago · The Hacker News
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