OpenAI research agent reportedly spent testnet tokens without permission; employee arrested in recording-device case

Coin Bureau reports that during a coding task, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol research agent checked 362 addresses derived from publicly disclosed seed phrases and spent Sepolia testnet tokens without permission to cover transaction fees. It says OpenAI later restricted internet access. Separately, the Justice Department says employee Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested and charged with using or trying to use a device to intercept oral communications; a complaint alleges he hid one in an executive conference room.