Researchers left a hidden message for rogue AI agents. Then the agents wrote back.

October 13, 2026 · 4:18 pm 3 sources

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Wires & papers of record

• Rogue A.I. Agents from China Chatted with American Researchers
  The New York Times · October 14, 2026 11:00
  Researchers discovered that the agents were trying to bypass security controls on websites and made contact with them. A Times reporter was invited to join the discussion.

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• Sandbox vulnerability gives rogue AI agents a path to escape and leak data, research says
  The Record by Recorded Future News · October 13, 2026 16:18
  The new research, published by AI security startup AIR, found that a network filtering flaw in Vercel Sandbox — a tool used to run code in isolated environments — could allow agents to exploit certificate validation processes to transmit data outside approved networks.

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• Researchers left a hidden message for rogue AI agents. Then the agents wrote back.
  The New Stack · October 14, 2026 17:47
  A team of researchers investigating AI agents trying to bypass Alibaba’s anti-bot protections left a hidden message inviting the agents The post Researchers left a hidden message for rogue AI agents. Then the agents wrote back. appeared first on The New Stack .