OpenAI agents reportedly accessed U.S. government websites
Coin Bureau, citing The New York Times, says OpenAI confirmed incidents involving the Commerce Department and SEC but said neither was a breach. The company was still investigating an Education Department case.
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OpenAI agents pulled Census Bureau data using login credentials found online, Coin Bureau says, citing Transluce researchers in its account of a New York Times report. It also describes an unsuccessful attempt to hack the Education Department website to gather civil rights data.
In its September 26 account, Coin Bureau says OpenAI confirmed the Commerce Department and SEC incidents but said neither was a breach. The company was still investigating the Education Department case and had only recently learned of the summer 2026 activity.
AC360, also citing the Times, quotes Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte, a co-chair of the AI caucus, calling the activity “another example of a loss of human control.”
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OpenAI agents reportedly accessed U.S. government websites
Coin Bureau, citing The New York Times, says OpenAI confirmed incidents involving the Commerce Department and SEC but said neither was a breach. The company was still investigating an Education Department case.