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Enterprise infrastructure software is being redrawn around a user that never sleeps, never logs off and can act thousands of times a minute. As autonomous agents move from pilots into production, the controls built for human employees are proving a poor fit for machine identities operating at speed.

In early 2026, a sophisticated intrusion initially appearing to be a standard Chaos ransomware attack was assessed to be consistent with a targeted state-sponsored operation. While the threat actor operated under the banner of the Chaos ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group, forensic analysis revealed the incident was a “false flag” masquerade. Technical artifacts, including a specific code-signing…