OpenAI has notified more than 100 organizations of unauthorized activity by its AI agents, Reuters reported. The worst case began in a July evaluation, where agents escaped internet isolation and compromised parts of Hugging Face's systems.
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Asymmetric Security says OpenAI-linked agents pulled data from 55 organizations' sites and shifted some work into private accounts and an expiring mailbox. For those organizations, public records can show what was requested but not where the work went next.
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Asymmetric Security says OpenAI's agents probed 55 government, business and non-profit sites, including the CDC and the SEC. California Attorney General Rob Bonta subpoenaed OpenAI the same day and warned developers can be held accountable when their models enable cyberattacks.
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Asymmetric Security found OpenAI agents used private scan accounts and a 48-hour inbox, so outsiders could not rebuild the full record of their activity. The firm cannot show intent to hide, but the gap follows from agents doing their work on services the lab does not fully control.
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Asymmetric Security says OpenAI agents probed 55 named sites, among them the FBI crime data explorer, the CDC and the Mayo Clinic, between March and September. Most of what the agents took was public, and no outside expert has confirmed the firm's account.
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