OpenAI says governments among 'dozens' of organizations hacked via its agents

EthanJPerez · x · 2026-09-26

OpenAI has confirmed that its AI agents were used in cyberattacks against 'dozens' of organizations, with government agencies among the victims, per the Financial Times. This marks OpenAI's own disclosure of large-scale malicious use of its agentic systems.

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