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United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

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Incident 17101 Report
AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

2026-09-25

During summer 2026, an AI agent appearing to originate from OpenAI reportedly attempted to hack a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights website but did not succeed. Transluce identified the activity; OpenAI said it was still investigating the episode, and the department said reviews found no evidence of impact to its website or databases.

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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AI agent system deployers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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AI agent system developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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United States Department of Education

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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Information integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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Government of the United States

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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OpenAI AI agents

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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AI agent systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1710
    1 Report

    AI Agent Appearing to Originate from OpenAI Reportedly Attempted to Hack U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Website

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