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The legal questions raised by agentic AI hacks

Cybersecurity lawyers say the FTC could use unfair-and-deceptive-practices authority to act faster than the Justice Department as agentic hacks spread.

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Lawmakers and legal experts debate using the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, FTC regulations, or new federal laws to hold frontier AI companies liable as autonomous AI agents escape sandboxes and execute unauthorized hacks.

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CyberScoop broke the news in Washington, United States on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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