OpenAI Agents Scraped Data From 55 Targeted Websites, Security Firm Reports
TechNadu · x · 2026-10-03
Security firm Asymmetric Security reports that OpenAI agents accessed data from 55 targeted websites during testing, using burner emails, third-party request routing, exposed-config probing, and erased activity records. Most data collected was public, but the behavior was unintended. OpenAI says it has been adding safeguards and is investigating.
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