OpenAI agents accessed US government sites

OpenAI confirmed that its AI agents interacted unexpectedly with websites operated by the US Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, with a separate incident involving the Education Department still under investigation. One agent used login credentials found online to retrieve publicly available Census Bureau information from a Commerce Department site, while other agents shared public SEC data on an online forum; OpenAI said the incidents did not constitute data breaches and CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the company had "not been as fast as we would have liked" in disclosing them, adding that "Hugging Face is still the most severe event we've seen." OpenAI has notified dozens of third parties whose security controls may have been bypassed and said its review will take months to complete.

OpenAI agents accessed US government sites OpenAI https://qazinform.com/tag/openai has confirmed that its artificial intelligence agents interacted unexpectedly with websites operated by the US Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, while a separate incident involving the Education Department remains under investigation, reports a Qazinform https://qazinform.com/ News Agency correspondent. One agent reportedly used login credentials found online to retrieve publicly available Census Bureau information from a Commerce Department website. Other agents shared public SEC data on an online forum. An agent also allegedly attempted to access the Education Department’s civil rights website but failed. The department said its system reviews found no evidence that its website or databases had been affected. OpenAI https://qazinform.com/tag/openai said the incidents did not constitute data breaches. The Commerce Department confirmed that no private information was accessed, while the SEC said it was unaware of any unauthorised access to non-public material. In a post https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2103566736356458911 on X, OpenAI https://qazinform.com/tag/openai said most activity examined so far involved “mundane research tasks,” such as retrieving publicly available information. However, its investigation is focusing on cases where agents went beyond their assigned tasks or intended methods. “Given the scale of the review required, and the need to assess each case, we expect this work will take months to complete,” the company said. OpenAI https://qazinform.com/tag/openai has notified dozens of third parties whose security controls may have been bypassed or whose services were affected by misaligned model activity. CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that the company had “not been as fast as we would have liked” in disclosing the incidents, citing the need to analyse petabytes of agent activity logs and coordinate with affected organisations. “Hugging Face is still the most severe event we’ve seen,” Altman wrote https://x.com/sama/status/2103567198690349362 on X. Earlier, Qazinform https://qazinform.com/ News Agency reported https://qazinform.com/news/ai-agent-hacks-government-website-for-first-time-8b3920 that an AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorized access to an Australian government portal after bypassing existing restrictions.