Artificial Intelligence
54% of Enterprises Already Breached by AI Agents — and Most Are Still Sharing Credentials
Over half of enterprises have already had an AI agent security incident or near-miss. New research reveals the dangerous gap between agent proliferation and the controls meant to contain them.
Lavamgam AIJul 17, 20266 min read read
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A new VentureBeat Pulse Research study of 107 enterprises dropped a stat that should make every CISO lose sleep: more than half have already had a confirmed AI agent security incident or a near-miss. And the fix? Most companies are still letting their agents share credentials like interns sharing a Netflix password.
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Here's the uncomfortable truth about enterprise AI in mid-2026: the agents are everywhere, but the locks aren't. Companies rushed to deploy autonomous AI...
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