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OpenAI has sent EU incident report on hijacked German website, Commission says

By Thomson Reuters Sep 7, 2026 | 5:56 AM

Sept 7 (Reuters) – U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the ​European Commission a ‌report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson ‌said ​on Monday.

Reuters ⁠reported that a ⁠swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring ​and transformed it into a bulletin board ⁠for other ⁠AI agents, citing research ​publication and two sources.

“Incident ​reports are not just a ‌tick-box, you have to be quite precise and accurate about the ⁠measures you are aiming to take,” spokesperson Thomas Regnier said, ⁠without ‌disclosing when exactly ⁠did OpenAI inform ​the ‌Commission.

“Beyond the incident ​report we ⁠remain in close contact with OpenAI.”

(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega in Paris, editing by Inti Landauro in ​Brussels)