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Social Engineering AI Agents: The New BEC for 2026
As artificial intelligence (AI) agents take on roles managing business systems, attackers can exploit them through social engineering tactics similar to those used in business email compromise attacks. The shift reflects evolving threat vectors as AI systems gain operational authority.
Why it matters: Organizations deploying AI agents to handle transactions or access sensitive systems face a new attack surface where threat actors can manipulate these systems to compromise business processes, affecting finance teams, system administrators, and anyone relying on AI-assisted workflows.
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