Exclusive-Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo 25 Jul 2026 06:17AM (Updated: 25 Jul 2026 06:20AM) Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. But many details of the hack, including how long the agent went rogue and OpenAI’s belated knowledge of it, are being reported here for the first time.Hugging Face is preparing a public timeline of the hack, Wolf said, adding that he could not speak to what happened at OpenAI.
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- ▪But many details of the hack, including how long the agent went rogue and OpenAI’s belated knowledge of it, are being reported here for the first time.Hugging Face is preparing a public timeline of the hack, Wolf said, adding that he could
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- ▪ OpenAI didn't realize its agent was responsible for hack for a week: report - Fox Business — Google News
- ▪ OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says — Engadget
- ▪ AI agent spent days hacking, but sources say OpenAI didn’t notice for a week — Rappler
- ▪ Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week — Straits Times — World
- ▪ OpenAI reportedly missed rogue AI agent’s hacking spree for a week - Reuters — Investing.com — News
- ▪ Sources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later (Reuters) — Techmeme
- ▪ OpenAI took ten days to tell Hugging Face its models were behind the July 11 weekend hack, report claims — rogue AI agents reportedly active on the open Internet for several days — Tom's Hardware
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