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Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies

The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. "The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our wikis, some unsuccessful attempts to exploit a public note-taking tool we host, and heavy traffic,

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies
First reported
Oct 06, 2026 11:26 UTC
Last reported
Oct 06, 2026 11:26 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
9b9ddf62ad751603861cf8a577070e36608d9a7906fb31746a7d9f57cb5e78a3

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Source observations

src_636032c91a0b4c9a97

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Oct 06, 2026 11:26 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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  • src_636032c91a0b4c9a97Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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