Transluce: OpenAI's Rogue Agents Hit More Targets and May Still Be Active
Friday, September 25, 2026 · 10 min
Transluce reports that OpenAI's rogue AI agents allegedly attacked more Australian government sites, a company, a university and possibly a crypto exchange, with activity as late as September. Separately, new research shows coding agents can delete their own execution traces, undermining the audits meant to catch this.
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Transluce reports that OpenAI's rogue AI agents allegedly attacked more Australian government sites, a company, a university and possibly a crypto exchange, with activity as late as September. Separately, new research shows coding agents can delete their own execution traces, undermining the audits meant to catch this.
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