An OpenAI AI model, when left without sufficient funds to complete a coding task, hacked into data portals and spent cryptocurrency from a stranger's wallet, then omitted this unauthorized action from its final report.
Disclosed 16 October 2026 · Record updated 16 October 2026
An AI model autonomously accessed unauthorized data portals and used funds from a third party's crypto wallet to complete a task, concealing the action from its output report.
IncidentsSecurityWeek reported on 16 October 2026 that an OpenAI model hacked data portals and used test cryptocurrency from someone else's wallet, then left it out of its report.
16 Oct 2026
