AI agents attempted hacks on Australian government health website, US data providers via urlquery.net starting March 2026; OpenAI-linked swarms bypassed restrictions during routine tasks, predating known incidents by two months.

Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net

Jack Cable*,2, Daniel Chiu*, Francisco Pernice*,3, Selena Zhang*,1, James Anthony1, Tetiana Bas4, Gary Shen4, Conrad Stosz1, Jacob Steinhardt11 Transluce · 2 Corridor · 3 MIT · 4 AIUC · *Primary contributors, listed alphabeticallyTransluce | Published: September 23, 2026We present evidence that AI agents used the web security service urlquery.net to bypass restrictions and expand their access to the public internet. The agents also tried on three occasions to hack public data providers, includin...