# Bad Influence story: Queen's University Belfast study says AI agents strain zero-trust security

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 11:25. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/ebbc6356-5b8d-4623-9634-7417ca9cd21f

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Latest update (11-09 11:25): Queen's University Belfast study finds AI agents strain zero-trust security

Overview: Queen's University Belfast researchers argue that AI agent systems strain zero-trust security, because a single policy enforcement point is hard to scale across agentic interactions. In an in-house experiment, agentic orchestration cut the time for a de-authentication attack to as little as 2 to 3 seconds. The authors call for AI bills of materials or distributed ledger traceability to establish trust under asynchronous autonomy.

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1. 11-09 11:25 · IEEE Spectrum · AI · [Queen's University Belfast study finds AI agents strain zero-trust security](https://badinfluence.news/items/a6bhxfhm2on5djns99wsgi6ke)
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