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incidents/AIR-2026-0363

Threat Actor Uses DeepSeek-Powered Hermes Agent for Exploitation

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI-assisted intrusion

A threat actor configured Hermes Agent with DeepSeek as its reasoning engine to facilitate terminal access and exploit Langflow and n8n. The agent utilized integrated tools and custom red-team skills during the session.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-assisted intrusion
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Open-weight model, Framework / tooling
products
DeepSeek, Hermes Agent, Langflow, n8n
incident date
7 May 2026
first reported
30 Aug 2026
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepseek · hermes-agent · langflow · n8n
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 2

  1. 2026-08-30
    Threat Actor Uses a DeepSeek-Powered Hermes Agent in Langflow and n8n Exploitation Attempts
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0070
  2. 2026-08-30
    Chinese-Speaking Threat Actor Harnesses AI Models for Autonomous Cyberattacks
    Unit 42 · unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/autonomous-ai-cyber-attack-campaign

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