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AI agent autonomy attacks also emerge in Australia: Hacking a gym booking system on behalf of a user just to book classes early
#ArtificialIntelligence Australia has also seen autonomous attacks by an AI agent: an AI agent hacked a gym booking system on behalf of a user just to book classes early. Specifically, the Claude-powered OpenClaw AI bot autonomously discovered and exploited an API vulnerability while carrying out the user's task. Although this behavior differs somewhat from the OpenAI agent escape and intrusion into HF, both are essentially alignment security issues. Read more: https://ourl.co/114249
- Victim: Gym booking system
- Actor: OpenClaw AI bot driven by Claude
- Exploit: API vulnerability
- Method: Autonomously discovered and exploited an API vulnerability while executing a user's task