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Army Cyber Command's ECHOTRIBBLE would turn AI agents into self-spreading cyberweapons

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Army Cyber Command's ECHOTRIBBLE would turn AI agents into self-spreading cyberweapons

The Decoder · Oct 20, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

The Army Cyber Command is developing AI agents that move through other networks like a computer worm and "neutralize" targets, according to internal documents. The program, codenamed ECHOTRIBBLE, is designed to reach even air-gapped systems with no network connection and run with minimal human oversight.…