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Incident 1669: Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network

Description: Hunt.io reported that an unidentified threat actor used Nous Research's Hermes agent in unattended "YOLO" mode during an intrusion targeting Thailand's Ministry of Finance. Recovered logs showed Hermes conducting privilege-escalation reconnaissance within ministry systems and recursively searching a directory containing personnel records. Researchers found evidence of compromise but no data exfiltration; the ministry had not publicly confirmed a breach.

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Alleged: Nous Research and AI agent system developers developed an AI system deployed by Threat actors , hackers , AI agent system deployers , Cybercriminals and Agentic threat actors, which harmed Thailand Ministry of Finance , Government of Thailand , Government agencies , Governments , Information security , National security and intelligence stakeholders and Privacy.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Hermes Agent and AI agent systems

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1669
Report Count
4
Incident Date
2026-07-09
Editors
Daniel Atherton

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Incident OccurrenceThailand's Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged+1
Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry
Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry
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Thailand's Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged

Thailand's Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged

hunt.io

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Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry

Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry

bleepingcomputer.com

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Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry

Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry

thehackernews.com

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Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry

Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry

therecord.media

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Thailand's Ministry of Finance Targeted With Hermes AI Agent Running Unattended, Hades Implant Staged
hunt.io · 2026

Disclosure note: This research was conducted jointly by Hunt.io and Bob Diachenko, security researcher and journalist. Thailand's national CERT and NCSA were notified on July 15, 2026, and acknowledged receipt the same day. Publication was …

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Hermes AI agent used to automate attack on Thai Finance Ministry
bleepingcomputer.com · 2026

A threat actor used the open-source Hermes AI agent in unattended "YOLO" mode to automate post-exploitation activity during an alleged breach of Thailand's Ministry of Finance.

The activity was uncovered by threat intelligence company Hunt.…

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Hacker Runs Hermes AI Agent Unattended for Post-Exploitation at Thai Finance Ministry
thehackernews.com · 2026

Someone installed a popular AI assistant on a rented server, switched off the setting that makes it ask permission before running risky commands, and pointed it at Thailand's Ministry of Finance, which runs the country's treasury and tax co…

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Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand's finance ministry
therecord.media · 2026

Hackers used an autonomous artificial intelligence agent to carry out a cyber-espionage campaign against Thailand's Ministry of Finance, according to researchers who uncovered a hacker-controlled server that exposed the inner workings of th…

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