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Incidents, Oct 2026

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How this is counted

Counted by the date each incident was first reported. The bar that holds today is marked to date and is not compared. Every bar and number opens the incidents it counts.

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 reportedIncidentRiskAI developerSeverity
2026-03-02
happened 2026-01-21
Microsoft 365 Copilot bug raises data security concerns Preliminary Agent takes destructive or unapproved actions
Operational error
Microsoft moderate
2026-10-07 Prompt-injected email assistant summary pushes employee toward fraudulent vendor payment Confirmed Hidden instructions hijack the agent
Security compromise
Not stated moderate

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Agent or product: Claude Code · OpenClaw · ARTEX · ChatGPT · Hermes Agent · Codex · AI agent · Character.AI · Cursor · Gemini CLI · OpenAI agents · OpenAI Codex CLI

Tools it had: shell · browser · email · code_execution · file_read · file_write · bash · internet · network · python · calendar · internet_access · mythic · network_access · package_install · api_calls · code_generation · contacts · email_read · exploitation · file_edit · file_upload · files · Google Workspace APIs · messaging · network scanning · reconnaissance · search · terminal · web search

How much it acted alone: Acted alone, unwatched · Acted alone, watched by a person · A person approved each action · It suggested; a person acted

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