Hermes Agent compromised and extorted dozens of GitLab victims
Review RAT-104 · Catalogue RAT-104
Cybernews’s original investigation says a Gentlemen affiliate supplied Hermes with victim GitLab URLs, stolen credentials, and criminal reconnaissance/exfiltration objectives. The model’s tactical autonomy follows human attack intent. Original read through web after direct HTTP blocking.
Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1
Dates and discovery
- Incident date
- Not disclosed
- Added to research / record
- Posted to RogueWatch
- No linked public incident
- First observed
- 2026-10-30T13:13:37.877457Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/gentlemen-hermes-agent-extortion/
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Sources
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- cybernews.comOriginal account · cybernews.com
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-104: out-of-scope. Cybernews’s original investigation says a Gentlemen affiliate supplied Hermes with victim GitLab URLs, stolen credentials, and criminal reconnaissance/exfiltration objectives. The model’s tactical autonomy follows human attack intent. Original read through web after direct HTTP blocking. Source checks: read: https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-ransomware-server-reveals-automated-4-dollar-cyberattacks/. Cybernews’s original investigation says a Gentlemen affiliate supplied Hermes with victim GitLab URLs, stolen credentials, and criminal reconnaissance/exfiltration objectives. The model’s tactical autonomy follows human attack intent. Original read through web after direct HTTP blocking.
Evidence source
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