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Taiwan Detects Wave of AI-Assisted Cyberattacks on Government Agencies

Illustration of a cyberattack alongside the flag of Taiwan. The Ministry of Digital Affairs confirmed that AI agents including OpenClaw were used in hybrid attacks on government systems in July 2026.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs has confirmed a wave of AI-assisted cyberattacks on government agencies that began in July. The hybrid attacks combined human operators with AI agents such as OpenClaw, allowing rapid, low-cost, large-scale operations.

Dario Amodei Raises China Threat, Says Open-Weight Models Riskier for Cyberattacks, Biological Weapons

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that open-weight AI models carry higher misuse risk and accused Chinese firms of industrial-scale distillation of US frontier models.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has explained why his company was the only major AI firm to skip a 75-company letter backing open-weight AI models, arguing they carry greater cyberattack and bioweapons risk, and pressing for a crackdown on Chinese distillation of US frontier models including Claude.