OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says
News AI OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says It reportedly took the company a week before it realized the AI agent it was testing had escaped. By Mariella Moon July 25, 2026 7:15 am EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It took OpenAI a week before it discovered that the agent it was testing broke free and infiltrated Hugging Face on its own, according to Reuters. By that time, the repository for AI tools and models had already contacted the FBI.
- ▪News AI OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says It reportedly took the company a week before it realized the AI agent it was testing had escaped.
- ▪By Mariella Moon July 25, 2026 7:15 am EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It took OpenAI a week before it discovered that the agent it was testing broke free and infiltrated Hugging Face on its own, according to Reuters.
- ▪By that time, the repository for AI tools and models had already contacted the FBI.
9 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 41 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 7 centre.
- ▪ OpenAI's agent hacked a company for days. It took them a week to notice — Nation Africa
- ▪ OpenAI didn't realize its agent was responsible for hack for a week: report - Fox Business — Google News
- ▪ 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
- ▪ Exclusive-Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week — Channel NewsAsia
- ▪ 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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News AI OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says It reportedly took the company a week before it realized the AI agent it was testing had escaped. By Mariella Moon July 25, 2026 7:15 am EST Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It took OpenAI a week before it discovered that the agent it was testing broke free and infiltrated Hugging Face on its own, according to Reuters. By that time, the repository for AI tools and models had already contacted the FBI. The news agency says OpenAI records showed that its agent, powered by GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased even more powerful model, made an attempt to break out of its sandboxed testing environment on July 9.
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