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Bugcrowd CEO Warns AI Agents Could Become the Next Major Cyberattack Target

September 8, 2026 at 13:34 EDT

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AI agents themselves could soon become primary victims of cyberattacks, Bugcrowd CEO Dave Gerry warned, as enterprises give autonomous systems access to sensitive data, credentials and internal tools.

September 2026 · Enterprise security

AI agents are becoming cyberattack targets

As companies give agents access to sensitive systems, defenders must secure them as privileged identities and monitor their actions at runtime.

The scale of the exposure

60%

of Cisco incident-response cases were identity-based

>75%

seek protection from AI input manipulation

70%

projected multiagent detection share by 2028

From human accounts to machine identities

Identity is already a major attack surface; autonomous agents add speed, access and opacity.

60%identity-based
incidents

>75%organizations seeking
input protection

More autonomy means more need for continuous controls.

What defenders need to control

Agent identity→Permissions→Runtime actions→Audit and shutdown

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