Exposed Infrastructure Reveals How Ransomware Affiliates Used AI Agents to Execute Intrusions

Source: The Hacker News · OCT 23, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven intrusion ecosystem run by affiliates of the INC and The Gentlemen ransomware groups. Central to the operation is an "Autonomous Red Team Kill Chain Framework" referred to as Phantom. The threat actor is assessed to be Russian-speaking and functions both as an intrusion and data-extortion operator, as well as an