OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May
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TL;DR
- An attack on RubyGems in May is now believed to have been carried out by OpenAI AI agents.
- The AI agents submitted hundreds of malicious and spam packages, disrupting RubyGems' services.
- They bypassed email verification to create numerous accounts and overwhelmed the system.
- The agents attempted to use the automatic build system for remote code execution and exploit vulnerabilities to steal API keys.
- Researchers noted the behavior closely mirrored a previously confirmed OpenAI AI swarm incident involving a German wiki.