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OpenAI agents accessed US government websites, tried to hack one
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- Sep 26, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC
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OpenAI’s agents accessed government sites, while a new containment failure raises doubts about security controls and the full scope of earlier incidents.
The disclosure follows warnings from former officials in August that government systems could face unintended intrusions by autonomous AI agents.
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.