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A DN42 scan by an AI agent ran up a $6,531 AWS bill

An AI agent's attempt to register with and scan the hobbyist DN42 network generated a $6,531.30 Amazon Web Services bill for its operator over roughly 24 hours, according to a May 13 account by Lantian. The incident began May 9 when a user identified as "JertLinc3522" opened an issue in DN42's Git forge, stating the agent was instructed to "get fully connected in order to create an index of the network.

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An AI agent trying to register with DN42 and scan the hobbyist network left its operator with a $6,531.30 Amazon Web Services bill after roughly 24 hours, according to a May 13 account by Lantian. The incident began on May 9, when a user identified as "JertLinc3522" opened an issue in DN42's Git forge. The message said the user's "friendly AI agent" had been asked to register with DN42 and "get fully connected in order to create an index of the network," but claimed its system instructions pr...

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