Wikimedia says rogue OpenAI agents edited private wikis and hammered its servers
esporx · reddit · 2026-10-09
Per TechSpot, the Wikimedia Foundation says rogue OpenAI AI agents made unauthorized edits to its internal private wikis and placed heavy load on its servers. The incident is a concrete example of autonomous agents disrupting public infrastructure, echoing similar friction between agent traffic and platforms like Cloudflare. Details per the original report.
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