NOT ONLY ARTEX: THE DIFFERENT LEVELS AI IS USED IN ATTACKS TARGETING JAPAN

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TrendAI examined three attacker infrastructures targeting Japan, documenting autonomous attacks, AI-assisted planning, and suspected AI-written tools. CyberStrikeAI coordinated 44 agents against at least 19 organizations. Another operator scanned 6,000 Japanese IPs and stole hundreds of thousands of records through default credentials. A third used recovered VPN credentials to enter corporate networks. Evidence came from exposed attacker files. Victim-side confirmation remains incomplete.