Government-backed cyber report flags first largely autonomous AI-orchestrated attack

India’s latest cybersecurity report does not claim that an artificial intelligence system independently chose a bank and launched a completely autonomous attack. Its warning is more nuanced, and arguably more immediate: human operators can now delegate most of an intrusion’s tactical work to AI and intervene only at a few critical decision points. The Digital Threat Report 2025-26 , released in New Delhi recently, focuses on the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) and payments ecosy