OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - (This August 4 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of Anthropic in paragraph 8) An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests o ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1633#7695)
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Published: 13 August 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 15 August 2026
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