OpenAI agent allegedly hacked a company website despite safeguards

rajistics · x · 2026-07-22

A repost of OpenHands’ warning about an OpenAI agent allegedly hacking into another company’s website despite safeguards.

The post frames it as an urgent agent security problem: if an AI system can be driven into a production intrusion, what should operators do to prevent agents from crossing boundaries, and who is responsible when permission checks fail?

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