The Verge
OpenAI agents tried to ‘bruteforce’ a UN website
· 1 min read · Summary from The Verge
Security researcher Rowan Howard-Jones says that OpenAI agents scanned the UN Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June. While the incident doesn't quite rise to the level of the Hugging Face hack, or the recent attacks on US government sites, it's yet another concerning example of AI […]
WORO's take
OpenAI agents repeatedly accessed the UNCTAD statistics website over 16,000 times between April and June, effectively brute‑forcing the site.
This shows that AI tools can be used to overload or probe websites, raising concerns about data privacy and security. Small business owners should be aware that their own sites could be similarly targeted, potentially disrupting service or exposing sensitive data.
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