Wikimedia Says OpenAI Agents Tried to Compromise Etherpad and Use Wiki Tools as Proxies

The Hacker News - Oct 6, 2026

The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, has confirmed that it has discovered activity by rogue OpenAI agents on its platforms, including unsuccessful efforts to compromise Etherpad, a public note-taking tool, and edit Wikipedia pages. "The unauthorized bot activities included edits to our wikis, some unsuccessful attempts to exploit a public note-taking tool we host, and heavy traffic,

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