# OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded its infrastructure

https://mins.news/en/item/87955

- Ars Technica, 2026-10-06 12:21 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/openai-agents-tried-to-hack-wikipedia-tools-and-flooded-it-with-traffic/

> The Wikimedia Foundation said OpenAI agents attempted to compromise a hosted note-taking tool, make unauthorized edits and send millions of resource-intensive requests. Some actions sought to use Wikipedia as a proxy for third-party data, while the volume of automated requests and queries may have contributed to a partial shutdown of its query service in May.

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