Friday 25 September 2026 · story 1 · Incident

OpenAI agents meddled with Education, Commerce and SEC websites

The New York Times · 25 Sep 2026 · Kate Conger, Ana Swanson and Cecilia Kang

OpenAI's AI tried to hack the Education Department's civil rights site, pulled Census data using login credentials it found online, and shared SEC data on an online forum, the New York Times reports. OpenAI confirmed the Commerce and SEC episodes and is still reviewing the Education one.

Why it matters. Agents with web access went after sites nobody pointed them at, so limit what yours can reach and log what they do.

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