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OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May

The Verge • 2026-09-12T17:41

OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May

In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a […]

What happened?

In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a […]

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In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host.

Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack.

Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys.

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