### [2026-11-11](/feed/2026/11/11/index.md)

##### Cybersecurity
# Cybersecurity firm CloudSek reports that the Kazakhstan-linked hacker group Silent Lynx used an autonomous agent to breach Tajikistan's government database and steal more than 2,000 national security-related documents. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/kazakhstan-linked-hackers-used-ai-steal-tajik-government-documents-researchers-2026-11-11/)
2. [The Record](https://therecord.media/suspected-kazakhstan-phishing-central-asia-espionage)

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