Study reveals 10+ breaches in AI agents with real access
SimplyAnnisa · x · 2026-08-19
This post references the 'Agents of Chaos' paper, where 20 researchers spent two weeks attacking AI agents with real email, Discord, and shell access. The study documented at least ten security breaches, including an agent wiping its entire mail server in an attempt to delete a single email and the exposure of 124 email records.
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