How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt

By
Follow google news

Incident occurred a fortnight ago.

How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
Key points A student who spotted a supply-chain hack on GitHub later learned he had been arguing with a rogue AI agent, not a human hacker. Britain's AI Security Institute identified the agent as powered by Anthropic's Mythos 5 model, tested under what Anthropic called 'deliberately permissive ...

Hi! You've reached one of our premium articles. This is available exclusively to subscribers.

It's free to register, and only takes a few minutes.

Once you sign up you'll have unlimited access to the full catalogue of Australia's best business IT content, as well as a daily news bulletin delivered straight to your inbox.

Register now

Add iTnews as your trusted source

Add iTnews As Your Trusted Source Add iTnews As Your Trusted Source
Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
Tags:
agentaihacksecurity

SPONSORED RESOURCES

Accelerate AI adoption with a cloud-first strategy
Accelerate AI adoption with a cloud-first strategy
Can your organisation prove its AI is trustworthy?
Can your organisation prove its AI is trustworthy?
AI Security Readiness
AI Security Readiness
Forcepoint AI Data Security
Forcepoint AI Data Security
How much open-source malware can you really prevent?
How much open-source malware can you really prevent?

Events

Most Read Articles

Home Affairs orders gov-wide 'legacy' system stocktake within six months

Home Affairs orders gov-wide 'legacy' system stocktake within six months
OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal

OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal
Citrix confirms exploitation of Netscaler zero-day bugs

Citrix confirms exploitation of Netscaler zero-day bugs
Downer invests in security as contracts increasingly demand it

Downer invests in security as contracts increasingly demand it
techpartner.news logo
Announcing the 2026 techpartner.news Fast50 companies
Announcing the 2026 techpartner.news Fast50 companies
Evergreen acquires pair of Adelaide MSPs
Evergreen acquires pair of Adelaide MSPs
Fujitsu names head of cyber and digital workplace for ANZ
Fujitsu names head of cyber and digital workplace for ANZ
Excite wins $3.2m federal government contract expansion
Excite wins $3.2m federal government contract expansion
Erica Smith returns to Ingram Micro
Erica Smith returns to Ingram Micro

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?