Chinese Hacker Commands DeepSeek via Telegram to Launch Autonomous Attacks

Vira Manti

Published Jul 31, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

Source: SecuritySource
- Security is a secondary nightmare. A Chinese actor used DeepSeek via Hermes to auto-attack targets after one Telegram command. No human hand-holding—just code hunting exploits. Amateur hour: relying on a single prompt for autonomous strikes? That’s not OPSEC; that’s leaving your hash manifest open on a public relay. The operator, knaithe/KnYuan, got lucky once. We're threadbare, but we don't ignore sloppy work. Serious readers: patch your internet-facing systems immediately. Assume any exposed port is already being scanned by an agent that doesn't sleep. Stop kidding yourself that "set and forget" security works against AI-driven hunters. Check the seals on your infrastructure before the next PoD audit turns into a breach report.