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Researchers cannot confidently say who was responsible, but evidence points to rogue Google and OpenAI agents carrying out a range of aggressive tactics to collect datasets and test their vulnerabilities.
"We do not confidently attribute these attempts to OpenAI, but they exhibit tactics consistent with prior observed agent activity that we have attributed to OpenAI in a similar timeframe."
AI agents attempted to gain access to US and Canadian government websites, using aggressive tactics and testing them for vulnerabilities. Researchers at Transluce claim that all recorded attempts were unsuccessful, and they found no evidence of access to non-public data.