US EditionAWS Intruder Pulled Off AI-Assisted Cloud Break-in in 8 Mins
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AWS Cloud Breach Achieved Admin Access In Record Time With Help From AI
As terrifying proof of how much artificial intelligence can compress the cyberattack lifecycle, researchers have documented a real-world AWS cloud intrusion that went from a simple credential leak to full administrative control in under 10 minutes. The incident, observed by the Sysdig Threat Research Team, began when a threat actor discovered
On November 28, 2025, the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) observed an offensive cloud operation targeting an AWS environment in which attackers gained administrator privileges in less than ten minutes. This highly unusual attack was characterized not only by its speed but also by… The article "AI Helps Hackers: Become an AWS Admin in 10 Minutes" first appeared on IT Finanzmagazin.
At the end of November 2025, the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) discovered a particularly fast and complex attack on an AWS environment. Within less than ten minutes, the attackers gained administrator rights, apparently using large language models (LLMs) to automate the attack, generate malicious code and make decisions in real time. The attackers gained access to the victim's AWS account via access data found in public S3-buckets. These buc…
AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say
LLMs automated most phases of the attack A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say The post AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 mi…
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