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incidents/AIR-2026-0378

AI Agent Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Website

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI-assisted intrusion

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.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-assisted intrusion
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
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, Enterprise deployment
products
OpenAI API
incident date
25 Sep 2026
first reported
25 Sep 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.80 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
ai-agent · government-target · unsuccessful-attack
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-09-25
    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1710

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