Low-skilled attacker used Claude and Codex AI agents to breach 14 companies, research finds
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Zeljka Zorz
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A report by OALABS researchers reveals that a low-skilled attacker successfully used AI coding agents (Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex) to breach 14 companies. The attacker bypassed most guardrails with vague, low-skill prompts, requiring minimal technical expertise. The findings confirm warnings that AI agents could significantly lower the barrier to entry for offensive cyber operations.
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· 3 pulledResearchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report by OALABS (Open Analysis) researchers bears that out.
In many cases, the attacker supplied only vague, low-skill prompts and allowed Claude to...
After recovering and analyzing over 1,000 agent sessions from a compromised server on which an attacker deployed Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex agents, the researchers discovered how easily the attacker was able to bypass most of the agents' guardrails.
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