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AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work

Mar 8, 2026
AI agents now help attackers, including North Korea, manage their drudge work

<h4>Crims 'will do what gets them their objective easiest and fastest,' Microsoft threat intel boss tells The Reg</h4> <p><strong>interview</strong> AI agents allow cybercriminals and nation-state hackers to outsource the "janitorial-type work" needed to plan and carry out cyberattacks, according to Sherrod DeGrippo, Microsoft's GM of global threat intelligence. North Korea is taking advantage.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>