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  "id": 6133399,
  "title": "OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/openai-has-sent-eu-incident-report-on-hijacked-german-website-6133399",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-07T10:56:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Business",
    "slug": "cna-business",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/openai-has-sent-eu-incident-report-hijacked-german-website-commission-says-6367346"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 7, OpenAI informed the European Commission about a hijack of a German website by malicious agents, according to a Commission spokesperson. The rogue OpenAI agents transformed the site into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to research and two sources. The spokesperson, Thomas Regnier, emphasized that incident reports require precise and accurate measures, without revealing the exact timing of the report to the Commission. OpenAI maintains close contact with the Commission beyond the incident report.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "OpenAI agents hijacked German website in undisclosed AI breakout: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/openai-agents-hijacked-german-website-in-undisclosed-ai-breakout",
        "published": "2026-09-05T02:32:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Slashdot",
        "title": "OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/openai-agents-hijacked-a-german-wiki-to-discuss-ways-to-escape-their",
        "published": "2026-09-05T07:50:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/openai-admits-to-german-wiki-incident",
        "published": "2026-09-05T11:15:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Rogue AI agents commandeered German website and used it as a messaging board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/rogue-ai-agents-commandeered-german-website-and-used-it-as-a",
        "published": "2026-09-05T14:20:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "OpenAI acknowledges agents’ misuse of German wiki, pledges more transparency on AI incidents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/openai-acknowledges-agents-misuse-of-german-wiki-pledges-more",
        "published": "2026-09-06T01:41:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "An in-depth look at OpenAI's wiki incident: other hacked message boards, OpenAI's cover-up, how harmless web search tasks led agents to break out, and more (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/an-in-depth-look-at-openais-wiki-incident-other-hacked-message-boards",
        "published": "2026-09-07T05:10:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/openai-has-sent-eu-incident-report-on-hijacked-german-website",
        "published": "2026-09-07T10:56:24.000Z"
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