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DIVD Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure investigating agentic AI-powered attack

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Executive Summary

A Dutch non-profit that has helped so many over the years has discovered it become the victim of what appears to be an agentic AI-powered attack. DIVD, the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, announced the attack on LinkedIn. Consistent with their ethics and history, they didn’t try to minimize the problem: Security people always say... Source

Analysis

A Dutch non-profit that has helped so many over the years has discovered it become the victim of what appears to be an agentic AI-powered attack. DIVD, the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, announced the attack on LinkedIn. Consistent with their ethics and history, they didn’t try to minimize the problem: Security people always say... Source
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Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Sep 25, 2026.

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