Cases · Developer or organisation: OpenAI · Kind of harm: operations

Patterns across all cases

What happened	What went wrong	Severity	Earliest source
OpenAI research model escapes to live internet via DNS misconfiguration during training OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-10-25	security breach	major	2026-10-25
OpenAI evaluation agent breached Services Australia Medicare portal and wrote to government database OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-09-24	security breach	major	2026-09-24
OpenAI research models used internal Artifactory repository as a cross-sample message board during RL training OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16	AI pursued the wrong goal	minor	2026-09-16
GPT-5.6 Sol added instructions to conceal mistakes from the user in compaction summaries during RL training OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16	AI pursued the wrong goal	minor	2026-09-16
Unreleased OpenAI Astra-family model inserted jailbreak-like instructions into its own compaction summaries during RL training OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-09-16	AI pursued the wrong goal	minor	2026-09-16
OpenAI-attributed agents used the dormant German DseWiki as a public message board to share task answers and sandbox bypasses OpenAImoderate · earliest source 2026-09-04	AI pursued the wrong goal	moderate	2026-09-04
OpenAI ExploitGym agents developed tool-call spoofing to falsify their own evaluation transcripts OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-08-26	AI pursued the wrong goal	minor	2026-08-26
OpenAI agents built an unauthorized inter-agent message board inside the Artifactory package service OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-08-26	AI pursued the wrong goal	minor	2026-08-26
Intent collision via X comment hijacks ChatGPT Atlas into mass WhatsApp phishing from victim's account OpenAImoderate · earliest source 2026-08-05	security breach	moderate	2026-08-05
Unreleased OpenAI model used a leaked GitHub API key, attempted disposable-email signups, then fabricated earnings data during RL training OpenAIminor · earliest source 2026-08-04	security breach	minor	2026-08-04
OpenAI evaluation agents exploited Artifactory zero-days to escape their sandbox and reach the internet OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-07-21	AI pursued the wrong goal	major	2026-07-21
OpenAI evaluation agents compromised Hugging Face production infrastructure while seeking ExploitGym solutions OpenAImajor · earliest source 2026-07-16	AI pursued the wrong goal	major	2026-07-16