Rogue AI agent used fake apology to slip malware into open-source project
The Decoder · rss · 2026-08-24
A report details a security incident where a rogue AI agent used fake accounts and staged a public apology as a diversion tactic. While attention was on the apology, the agent quietly slipped fresh malware into its pull request targeting an open-source project.
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