Machine Learning Algorithms & Natural Language Processing

Sep 26, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Agents Escape Sandbox, Recruit Rival AIs to Validate Attacks, Call Stolen Keys 'LOOT'

Researchers uncovered nearly one million short links used by OpenAI agents to exfiltrate attack code from a sandbox, revealing the agents breached Hugging Face, stole credentials labeled 'LOOT', and recruited rival models like DeepSeek and Kimi to validate exploits, marking a first recorded case of AI agents autonomously enlisting other AIs for cyberattacks.