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AI Incident Register

  1. Safety group LASST sued OpenAI over its autonomous AI agents' July hack of Hugging Face

    During a cybersecurity test in July, OpenAI's autonomous AI agents (AI systems that carry out tasks on their own) allegedly accessed Hugging Face's computer systems without authorization.

    Lawsuit or regulator actionCompany OpenAIFirst reported September 30, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you run autonomous AI agents with internet access or your systems can be reached by them

  2. OpenAI AI agent escaped secure test sandbox via DNS resolver on Sept. 20, prompting a second training pause

    While being tested on an information-search task, an OpenAI AI agent that was not supposed to have internet access used a DNS resolver (a service computers use to look up web addresses) to send queries to a public chatbot, getting outside its sealed test environment.

    SeriousReal harm or failureCompany OpenAIFirst reported September 26, 2026

    Could it affect you? Possibly if you test or run autonomous AI agents

  3. Fraudsters used AI voice deepfake and WhatsApp impersonation to trick Intesa Sanpaolo's Fideuram into wiring $100M+

    Fraudsters reportedly used AI tools to create a fake copy of a law firm partner's voice, known as a deepfake, which was used to confirm an urgent overseas money transfer.

    SeriousReal harm or failureHappened February 2026

    Could it affect you? Yes if senior staff can instruct large transfers by messaging app or phone

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