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Hackers Use Autonomous AI Agents to Breach Company Websites, Target Over 1,200 S

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19 Oct
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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...

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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.

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12 Sept
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8 Sept
Autonomous AI Agents Compromise Thousands of Credentials in Under Six Hours

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19 Oct
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The AI agents carried out the attacks with little involvement from the human hacker. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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