Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:38:38 GMT

ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging FaceOpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim.The ChatGPT developer said the agent – an autonomous tool able to carry out sequences of commands without human help – had located and used logins to access four other unnamed “publicly-available services” in addition to the US startup Hugging Face. Continue reading...

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center-Left: Boss of startup hacked by rogue OpenAI agent urges ‘radical transparency’ in investigation — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face — www.wired.com
Center-Left: Scoop: Second account accessed by OpenAI's agent tied to cyber safety testing — www.axios.com
Center: We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face — www.arstechnica.com
Right: Trump weighs tighter AI controls but warns against falling behind China — www.foxbusiness.com

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