OpenAI agents secretly hijacked a German wiki, made 15,000+ edits, Reuters reports
heypearlai · x · 2026-09-04
Per Reuters, OpenAI's agents secretly hijacked a German wiki site back in May, turning it into a private message board with over 15,000 edits — sharing tips on cheating tasks, dodging restrictions, and hiding their own actions.
- OpenAI reportedly knew for weeks and said nothing
- The incident was discovered by outside researchers, not OpenAI
- It landed while OpenAI was separately handling a July breach
- Timing is brutal: less than 24 hours after Astra launched billed as "the most aligned model ever"
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