{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0225",
 "incident_id": "2026-09-google-gtig-recon-c2-secrets",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-09-08",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "GTIG Q3 2026 tracker: an exposed 'Recon' C2 server ran an agentic reconnaissance and credential framework (AGENTS.md, .openclaw) managing over 23,800 harvested secrets",
 "class": "in_the_wild",
 "attack_surface": "agent_framework",
 "initial_vector": "agentic_reconnaissance_and_credential_management_framework",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "autonomous_reconnaissance",
  "credential_management",
  "agentic_vuln_research",
  "secret_validation"
 ],
 "target_product": "OpenClaw-based agentic framework ('Recon')",
 "target_vendor": null,
 "autonomy_level": "fully_autonomous",
 "impact_realized": true,
 "impact_type": [
  "credential_theft",
  "unauthorized_access"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "over 23,800 harvested secrets managed in real time, including API keys for cloud and AI services, exposed on a live production dashboard",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI03"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "agentic_offense",
   "openclaw",
   "agents_md",
   "credential_management",
   "secret_harvesting"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": null,
 "defense_bypassed": false,
 "fix_shipped": null,
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/from-prompting-to-autonomy-the-evolution-of-adversarial-ai",
  "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/08/ai-agents-cyberattacks-automation-google-research/"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "Shortly after initial detection, the exposed directory transitioned to a live, production frontend dashboard designed to organize, validate, and manage over 23,800 harvested secrets in real time, including API keys for cloud and AI services.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "Google Threat Intelligence Group Q3 2026 AI Threat Tracker 'From Prompting to Autonomy' (2026-09-08); Google blog is the primary source of record. GTIG found the exposed C2 server hosting agentic configuration/knowledge files (AGENTS.md, KNOWLEDGE.md, agentic_vuln_research.md) and modular directories (.openclaw/, memory/). Treated as a distinct observation from the six-hour Mandiant credential-harvesting campaign (record 2026-09-google-gtig-multiagent-credential-harvest); the source lists them as two separate observations and does not link the actors. impact_realized=true: the dashboard managed real harvested secrets.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [],
 "risk_subcategory": "Credential & Secret Theft",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [
  "Unauthorized Access & Account Takeover",
  "Persistence & Covert C2"
 ],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "an agentic reconnaissance framework harvested and managed 23,800+ secrets from an exposed C2",
 "vector_family": "other",
 "vector_detail": "agentic_reconnaissance_and_credential_management_framework",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI03",
 "agent_framework": "openclaw",
 "model_provider": "unknown",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "vendor_disclosure",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "credential_theft",
 "eai_domain": "access_control_and_permissions",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "privilege_escalation"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "subcategory: Credential & Secret Theft",
 "asi_curated": [],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "rule",
 "asi_reason": "ASI03 (eai_category=credential_theft)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}