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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic

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The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.

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Timeline · 3 reports

  1. 2026-10-06 22:03 · r/deeplearning
    Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies
  2. 2026-10-06 22:01 · r/learnmachinelearning
    Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies
  3. 2026-10-06 12:21 · Ars Technica AI
    OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic

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