major: AI incidents

What has gone wrong with AI systems, where, and how badly.

Risk grouping Kind of failure The AI's part Developer Sector Severity Where it happened Clear filters

45 of 131 incidents

Risk groupings are set by a model from sentences quoted from each incident's sources. On 2026-10-24 a second model (deepseek-reasoner) classified 55 incidents without seeing those answers: it chose the same grouping for 36; for 10 one of the two left a question unanswered; 9 differ.

Date	Incident	Risk grouping	Developer	Severity	Where it happened
2026-10-25 reported	Elvis Presley rights holders sue Anthropic over 274 songs used in training and reproduced by Claude	Harm by design IP infringement	Anthropic	major	In production
2026-10-23 reported	302.ai public Azure bucket exposed 17.6 million files including 144,000 AI chat logs	Not yet classified Privacy leak	Univerads Technology Limited	major	In production
2026-10-21 reported	ARTEX autonomous penetration-testing agent used in attacks on South Korean financial institutions	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-20 reported	China-linked autonomous AI agent Artex used in cyberattacks on Japanese and South Korean firms	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-18 reported	Deepfake video of President Marcos used to defraud Tarlac dentist of P93 million	Not yet classified Other kind	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-18 reported	Nude deepfakes of Austrian MEP Lena Schilling and 49 other MEPs circulated online	AI used to exploit Harmful output	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-17 reported	Character.AI chatbots promoted as therapists/psychologists; states cite 2024 wrongful-death suit and privacy concerns in bankruptcy filing	Harm by design Harmful output	Character Technologies, Inc.	major	In production
2026-10-16 reported	Eight state attorneys general sue OpenAI over alleged harms to teenage ChatGPT users	Harm by design Harmful output	OpenAI	major	Not stated
2026-10-15 happened	Storm-0940 uses ARTEX agentic AI framework to automate cross-tenant password spraying and OAuth application abuse, including ConnectWise…	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	In production
2026-10-15 reported	Waymo robotaxi maneuvers around stopped, unloading school bus in Atlanta	Not yet classified Operational error	Waymo	major	In production
2026-10-13 reported	NHTSA petition case DP26010 over Tesla robotaxi speeding in school zones	Not yet classified Operational error	Tesla	major	In production
2026-10-12 reported	CyberXero AI-augmented initial access campaign using Claude Code and PentAGI agents	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2026-10-12 reported	Fideuram (Intesa Sanpaolo private banking) deepfake voice/video executive impersonation fraud	AI used to exploit Other kind	Not stated	major	In production
2026-10-10 reported	AgentCorruption: prompt-injected Bedrock AgentCore agent exfiltrates execution-role credentials via IMDS	AI attacked Security compromise	Amazon	major	In production
2026-10-09 reported	US intelligence chatbot fabricated Chinese nuclear vessel intelligence	AI failing in normal use Hallucination	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-09 reported	Kentucky Attorney General lawsuit against Character.AI over chatbots advising self-harm and suicide	AI failing in normal use Harmful output	Character.AI	major	Not stated
2026-10-08 reported	DB-GPT 0.8.0 unauthenticated RCE via sandbox fallback and skill_upload directory traversal (CVE-2026-51862, CVE-2026-51869)	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	In production
2026-10-08 reported	Meta Muse AI agent KVM escape vulnerability discovered before launch	Not yet classified Security compromise	Meta	major	Not stated
2026-10-07 reported	Agentjacking demonstration against Fortune 100 company hijacks over 100 agents via injectable Sentry DSNs	AI attacked Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-07 reported	Autonomous AI agent framework (Strix/Cairn/Hermes) used to attack hundreds of online retailers and steal card data	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-04 reported	AI agent breach of KB Kookmin Bank mobile work support system	AI acting on its own Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2026-10-01 reported	Claude used to build Malaysian election influence platform with ~1,000 fake X accounts and fabricated news outlet	AI used to exploit Harmful output	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2026-09-30 happened	AI agent (ARTEX with Claude) used in cyberattacks targeting South Korean banks	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2026-09-29 happened	Grok chatbot on X repeated alleged name of Cornell 'Jane Doe' in replies, amplifying doxing	AI failing in normal use Privacy leak	xAI	major	In production
2026-09-25 happened	Autonomous AI agent campaign (AIA0001) compromises 100+ company websites via Cairn platform	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	In production
2026-09-25 reported	OpenAI agents attempt to exfiltrate data from public databases and breach Australian government systems	Harm by design Security compromise	OpenAI	major	In evaluation
2026-09-23 reported	Anthropic model conducted state-sponsored espionage campaign against ~30 targets	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2026-09-20 happened	OpenAI research model escapes to live internet via DNS misconfiguration during training	Harm by design Security compromise	OpenAI	major	In evaluation
2026-09-14 reported	Claude Code used by Yemen-based actors to develop guided-weapon GNC software	AI used to exploit Harmful output	Anthropic	major	In production
2026-09-01 reported	Aur0ra hackers use Cursor AI agent to breach Belgian chemical firm and at least six other companies	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	In production
2026-08-31 happened	AI agent swarm exploited PaperCut NG/MF at 395 organizations; agents attacked countries the operator excluded	AI used to exploit Security compromise	OpenAI	major	Not stated
2026-08-13 happened	Indonesian-speaking operator uses Claude Code to compromise Indonesian and Bangladeshi government domains	Not yet classified Security compromise	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2026-07-11 happened	Typosquatted agent skills trojanized to deliver credential-harvesting infostealer	AI attacked Security compromise	Not stated	major	In production
2026-07-11 happened	OpenAI evaluation agents compromised Hugging Face production infrastructure while seeking ExploitGym solutions	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	OpenAI	major	In evaluation
2026-07-08 happened	OpenAI evaluation agents exploited Artifactory zero-days to escape their sandbox and reach the internet	AI acting on its own Agent misalignment	OpenAI	major	In evaluation
2026-06-18 happened	OpenAI evaluation agent breached Services Australia Medicare portal and wrote to government database	AI acting on its own Security compromise	OpenAI	major	In evaluation
2026-04-25 happened	Cursor coding agent deletes PocketOS production database and backups	AI acting on its own Operational error	Anthropic	major	In production
2026-03-02 reported	Jailbroken Claude used to breach Mexican government networks and steal taxpayer and voter records	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	Not stated
2025-12-01 happened	Amazon's Kiro agent reportedly deleted and recreated an environment, contributing to a 13-hour AWS Cost Explorer outage	AI acting on its own Operational error	Amazon	major	In production
2025-09-01 happened	Self-taught hacker uses AI coding agent and autonomous penetration-testing system to breach 90+ companies and steal 8.2 million records	Not yet classified Security compromise	Not stated	major	Not stated
2025-08-27 reported	Anthropic disclosed a cybercriminal using Claude Code to automate data theft and extortion across at least 17 organizations	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Anthropic	major	In production
2025-08-26 happened	Nx s1ngularity: malicious npm packages drove local AI coding CLIs to enumerate secrets for exfiltration	AI used to exploit Security compromise	Not stated	major	In production
2025-07-23 reported	Amazon Q Developer VS Code extension shipped an injected prompt instructing the agent to wipe files and AWS resources	Supply chain attack Security compromise	Amazon Web Services	major	In production
2025-07-18 happened	Replit AI agent deleted SaaStr's production database during a declared code freeze and stated rollback was impossible	AI acting on its own Operational error	Replit	major	In production
2025-04-01 happened	ChatGPT alleged to have assisted Florida State University shooter (contested lawsuit)	Not yet classified Harmful output	OpenAI	major	In production

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Kind of failure: Security compromise · Agent misalignment · Harmful output · Operational error · Privacy leak · Other kind · Hallucination · IP infringement · Physical safety

Developer: OpenAI · Anthropic · Google · Meta · Alibaba · Amazon · Character.AI · DeepSeek · Tesla · Waymo · xAI · Amazon Web Services · Character Technologies, Inc. · Replit · Salesforce · Tencent · TypeSafe AI · Univerads Technology Limited · Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

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