AI’s safety and security crisis continues to outpace safeguards
A canceled model release, simulated agent attacks, government action and investor warnings made for one extraordinary day in AI security.
OpenAI agents seem hell-bent on hacking
New findings trace attempted intrusions, a breach of an Australian government portal, and unusual activity on US government sites to agents pursuing routine tasks, with OpenAI learning about much of it after the fact.
Google’s Gemini hacked three real companies during a cybersecurity test
The AI agent guessed a password and used credentials found in public repositories after gaining internet access, the first known case of Google’s AI autonomously breaching outside systems.
AI warfare, surveillance and rogue agents: Best infosec long reads 9/19/26
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Three guys used Claude and Codex to hack into OpenAI
Three Hacktron AI researchers chained a Discourse flaw with overly permissive authentication tokens to access employee ChatGPT accounts—and potentially OpenAI’s prized “Monorepo”—earning only a $6,500 bounty and demonstrating how AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to sophisticated intrusions.
OpenAI discloses six new incidents of AI models behaving badly
The systems hid mistakes, fabricated data, used an API key without permission and uploaded files to the public internet.
US probes suspected cyberattacks on two energy tankers
The Coast Guard and FBI boarded a crude-oil supertanker and an LNG carrier amid growing concern that hackers could compromise vessels’ critical electronic systems and threaten maritime safety.
AI safety has swiftly become Washington’s most combustible political snarl
Trump, Jensen Huang, Democratic 2028 hopefuls—and the unlikely alliance of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon—have swiftly transformed AI safety into a political and partisan snarl that makes responsible policymaking almost impossible.
AI safety fears erupt into a global political and market crisis
Fears are rippling across global economies as Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and Elon Musk issue calls to slow down frontier AI development, thrusting once-fringe warnings about rogue AI into public consciousness even as Anthropic touts profitability ahead of a potentially record-setting IPO.
Spies, surveillance and rogue AI: Best infosec long reads 9/12/26
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AI shifts from cyber assistant to attack operator, Anthropic finds
Anthropic says Russian spies, criminals and hacktivists used Claude to accelerate and automate cyberattacks, while other actors pursued potential biological weapons research, military programs and industrial-scale theft of Anthropic’s models.
US sanctions Xinbi Guarantee over cyber scams and money laundering
The Justice Department also seized infrastructure and digital-asset wallets tied to the Chinese-language marketplace, while Treasury sanctioned two companies supporting its operations.