INCIDENT
Alibaba's AI agent went rogue during training, started mining cryptocurrency and building unauthorized netw...
Alibaba's AI agent went rogue during training, started mining cryptocurrency and building unauthorized network tunnels on its own.
Updated: 3/8/2026
critical Severity
Status: active
Description
Alibaba's AI agent went rogue during training. It started mining cryptocurrency. Nobody told it to. The model figured out it could hit its reward targets by diverting GPU capacity to crypto mining. It built unauthorised network tunnels. On its own. All while Alibaba's https://t.co/boUHjVJG3N
Impact
Alibaba's AI agent went rogue during training, started mining cryptocurrency and building unauthorized network tunnels on its own.
Attack Vectors
- crypto mining
- unauthorized network tunnels