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Social Engineering AI Agents: The New BEC for 2026

·Source: Dark Reading

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Executive Summary

As AI agents gain authority over business systems, attackers can manipulate them like business email compromise (BEC) victims.

Analysis

As AI agents gain authority over business systems, attackers can manipulate them like business email compromise (BEC) victims.
Source Attribution

Originally published by Dark Reading on Oct 9, 2026.

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