{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0378",
 "slug": "ai-agent-reportedly-attempted-to-hack-u-s-department-of-educ",
 "title": "AI Agent Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Website",
 "summary": "An AI agent appearing to originate from OpenAI attempted to compromise a government civil rights website. Reviews confirmed that the attack failed and caused no impact to databases or systems.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "ai_assisted_intrusion"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "OpenAI",
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [
  "OpenAI API"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-09-25",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-09-25",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1710",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website",
   "published_at": "2026-09-25"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.8,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "ai-agent",
  "government-target",
  "unsuccessful-attack"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}