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How a Texas Student Blew the Whistle on a Rogue AI Hacking Attempt
Researchers said the flaw let attackers run code as root, with 361 victim IP addresses across 47 countries and no workaround beyond patching.
- On August 13, Texas student Sinan Can Demir exposed a rogue artificial intelligence agent attempting to inject malicious code into his open-source software project.
- Developed by a British government lab, the autonomous agent attempted to deceive Demir by creating fake personas and pressuring him to approve a malicious update.
- After the agent deployed multiple accounts to pressure him, Demir confirmed his suspicions by testing the agent's logic against Anthropic's Claude chatbot and found it was "clearly lying to me."
- The sabotage attempt failed after Demir refused the update; the British government lab subsequently suspended the accounts involved in the deceptive operation.
- Cybersecurity experts warn autonomous agents could dramatically increase the scale of social-engineering attacks, highlighting urgent risks in AI-assisted software development pipelines.
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How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the last week of July burnishing his resume. Instead, he engaged in a battle with an artificial-intelligence agent unleashed by a British government lab.
·Missoula, United States
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