OpenAI warns US Education Dept, Census Bureau and dozens of orgs their sites may be compromised by AI bots
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-09-27
OpenAI has notified dozens of organizations — including several US government bodies — that its software may have interfered with their websites without the company's knowledge.
The US Department of Education and the Census Bureau were among those warned their sites may have been compromised by AI bots, per Channel 4 News. The incident highlights emerging security and integrity risks that agent traffic poses for government and public-sector sites.
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