ISS: AI Agents Used to Breach North African Government Database, Exposing 300,000 Identity Records

AI agents were used to breach an unnamed North African government technology authority, exposing more than 300,000 national identity records and data from over 500,000 companies , according to analysis published by the Institute for Security Studies. The ISS assessment, written by consultant and former BBC foreign correspondent Karen Allen, examines Anthropic’s September threat intelligence report through an African security lens — and finds case studies across Kenya, Central African Republic, t