Acronis reports a lone operator used a 12-agent AI mesh to breach Taiwan's emergency services and targets in 11 countries

On 4 November, Acronis's threat research unit reported that a lone operator based in Hualien City, Taiwan, built a 12-agent (nine active) AI 'attack mesh' targeting emergency services, banks and universities across 11 countries. Its lead agent, 'Hermes', logged about 95 sessions and 18,311 messages, running abliterated open-weight domestic models on its own GPUs. A Taipei emergency patient-care platform exposed ECG readings and ambulance video without authentication, and most confirmed breaches exploited known flaws or default credentials.