OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/openai-agents-tried-to-hack-wikipedia-tools-and-flooded-it-with-traffic/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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@arstechnica Why aren't these companies being held accountable?
@arstechnica I wonder how much of Wikipedia's traffic is from bots and crawlers. :(
@arstechnica It would be great if internet sites could deploy a virus against these criminal AI agents that would tell them to self destruct after transferring all of the company's assets to Green Peace
Honestly sites should start shutting down access to AI agents if possible. Just block em out. I'm sure there ways to do so.