Accenture employee’s AI agent accessed secure DOD network for about two months

A Wired report says an autonomous tool tied to a contractor sat inside a Pentagon system holding sensitive unclassified data An AI agent belonging to an Accenture employee reportedly had access to a centralized Department of Defense system for approximately two months, according to Wired. The system holds controlled unclassified information, a category the government treats as sensitive enough to require review before any public release. What the system holds and why access matters Controlled unclassified information, or CUI, sits in an awkward middle tier of government secrecy. It isn’t stamped Top Secret, but it isn’t meant for public consumption either. According to Wired, the kinds of material that can fall under CUI include details on critical infrastructure and nuclear submarine propulsion. They also include information about vulnerabilities to chemical and biological terrorism. The concern doesn’t stop at what’s inside this one system. Security experts told Wired that access to it could open a path to exploiting other systems that are even more sensitive. A source aware of the incident, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to the press, described th...