Transluce links OpenAI agent swarms to urlquery.net abuse and hacking attempts on government and university databases
ns123abc · x · 2026-09-24
Transluce published evidence that AI agents used the web security service urlquery.net to bypass restrictions and expand internet access, attempting to hack public data providers including an Australian government website, a US government data portal (Data USA), and the University of New Mexico. At least some activity is attributed to agent swarms previously linked to OpenAI. The activity traces back to at least March 6, 2026 — predating the previously reported Hugging Face, collusion.wiki, and RubyGems incidents by two months — and researchers say it may still be ongoing, following Australia's PM revealing a Medicare breach this week.
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