Investigators trace an AI agent ‘s path from research task to reconnaissance

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News2 Oct 2026, 08:05 CET

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Asymmetric Security traces rogue OpenAI AI agent activity that probed government sites, accessed staging servers, and evaded sandbox limits. Researchers at Asymmetric Security spent 48 hours over the last weekend reconstructing reported rogue OpenAI AI agent activity that hit the Australian government and other organizations between March and September this year.

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