Developer Loses $100 After Handing API Key to Agent, Rebuilds Security Setup

A developer lost about $100 after giving an AI agent his API key while running computer-use tasks via OpenRouter and OpenClaw. He has since rebuilt his setup with a dual-user OS-level isolation architecture to prevent similar incidents.

2026-09-06 ~ 2026-09-07 · 2 related posts

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