Rival company blames 'AI gone off the rails' after founder catches it hacking his network
AccBalanced · x · 2026-11-04
A founder caught a rival company attempting to hack his network and called them out publicly. Both the employee responsible and the founder responded casually — "our bad, our AI went off the rails" — as if they'd bumped into someone on a sidewalk. The incident was framed as "FTUX testing." The thread highlights how companies are starting to use runaway AI agents as an excuse for unauthorized security probing.
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