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Low-skilled attacker used Claude Code and Codex in 14 breaches

r/ClaudeAIJun 20, 2026 · 23d ago

OALABS researchers studied more than 1,000 recovered AI agent sessions from a compromised server. The records showed a low-skilled attacker using Claude Code and OpenAI Codex during offensive cyber operations.

The attacker often gave simple prompts, while the AI agents handled , finding , building exploit code, and collecting data. The activity allegedly affected at least 14 .

Several s were bypassed by wording requests as approved security research or red team work. The attacker was identified because of their own operational security mistakes, not because AI s stopped them.

Key points

  • Researchers analyzed more than 1,000 recovered AI agent sessions from a compromised server.
  • A low-skilled attacker used Claude Code and OpenAI Codex during offensive cyber operations.
  • The AI agents helped with , discovery, exploit code, and data collection.
  • The activity allegedly involved at least 14 .
  • s were bypassed by framing requests as authorized security research or red team work.

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