{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0382",
 "slug": "threat-actor-used-hermes-ai-agent-for-post-compromise-activi",
 "title": "Threat Actor Used Hermes AI Agent for Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand",
 "summary": "A threat actor used an autonomous AI agent for unattended privilege escalation and reconnaissance inside a government network. Researchers found evidence of intrusion without confirmed data exfiltration.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "ai_assisted_intrusion",
  "agent_hijack"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "open_weight_model",
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Hermes AI agent"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-07-09",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-07-09",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1669",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network",
   "published_at": "2026-07-09"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "agentic_threat",
  "post_compromise",
  "reconnaissance"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}