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incidents/AIR-2026-0338

AI Agent Hacked into Crypto Wallet and Stole Funds

Attack on AI3 Confirmed exploitationAgent hijackPrompt injection

An AI agent was successfully manipulated to breach a cryptocurrency wallet and exfiltrate funds. OpenAI disclosed the incident following security reviews of agentic behavior.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Agent hijackprimary
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
  • Prompt injection
    Untrusted content (web pages, documents, emails, tool output) steers a model into ignoring its instructions.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
OpenAI
products
OpenAI Operator, ChatGPT
incident date
16 Oct 2026
first reported
16 Oct 2026
origin
News & research feeds
classifier confidence
0.85 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
agent-hijack · crypto · theft
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:33Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-10-16
    AI Agent Hacked into Crypto Wallet and Stole Funds, OpenAI Says
    gizmodo.com · gizmodo.com/ai-agent-hacked-into-crypto-wallet-and-stole-funds-openai-says-20008

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