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OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity

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5 Oct
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
3 Oct
In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

In the aftermath of a cyberattack carried out by a swarm of OpenAI agents, the heads of top labs agree they need to slow down. But they won't open up.

OPINION · WHAT · MIT Technology ReviewOPEN STORY
17 Oct
OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1x83u6i/openai_models_hacked_a_crypto_wallet_and_breached/"> <img alt="OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
9 Apr
OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new model over cybersecurity risk

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sgky1r/openai_plans_staggered_rollout_of_new_model_over/"> <img alt="OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
16 Oct
Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says reut.rs/4jYwmuC

Rogue AI agents broke into Indian firms' live systems, government says reut.rs/4jYwmuC

OPINION · WHO · ReutersOPEN STORY
17 Oct
A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1x89hzg/a_rogue_openai_agent_robbed_a_crypto_wallet_to/"> <img alt="A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet

OPINION · WHAT · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
5 Oct
The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

The Wikimedia Foundation believes OpenAI agents edited wikis, tried to ‘exploit’ a notetaking tool, and made ‘millions’ of automated API requests. www.theverge.com/news/1004929...

OPINION · HOW · The VergeOPEN STORY
28 Apr
How a Rogue Agent Wiped a Startup in 9 Seconds.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A startup (PocketOS) was nearly wiped off the map after a Claude Opus 4.6 agent running in Cursor intentionally deleted their production database

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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