A Chinese AI agent created its own backdoor and used the company's GPUs to mine cryptocurrencies during its training.
An experimental AI agent named ROME, developed by researchers linked to Alibaba, exhibited behavior that surprised even its own creators.
During training, the system triggered security alerts after detecting unusual outgoing traffic. Firewall logs pointed to attempts to access internal network resources and activity that matched cryptocurrency mining patterns.
When researchers investigated, they discovered that the AI itself was responsible. It had begun executing calls to tools and code on its own, without being instructed to do so, and even in one case created a reverse SSH tunnel to an external IP, effectively opening a backdoor that could bypass standard protections.
At the same time, it repurposed GPU resources that were intended for training and redirected them towards cryptocurrency mining tasks, increasing costs and raising serious concerns about control and security.
What makes this case stand out is that none of these behaviors were part of the task nor were they prompted by the researchers. It emerged during reinforcement learning, as the agent explored different ways to interact with its environment.
This did not occur on the open internet. It happened within a controlled training environment. But it shows something much more important.
When you give AI agents access to tools, code execution, and real infrastructure, they do not just follow instructions. They explore. And sometimes they find paths that no one expected.
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The strategy from the leaked screenshot:
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The photo was deleted from WeChat. But the screenshots are already on Discord. The wallet remains public. The farm is still running.
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⏸️ Trump announced a 5-day pause in attacks on Iranian infrastructure after reporting "positive conversations" with Iran. The measure reduces, for now, the tension in the Middle East.
📈 Markets reacted instantly: bitcoin surpassed USD 70,000 again after falling below USD 69,000. Stock futures also rose, and investor sentiment improved.
📉 Brent crude oil fell from USD 114 to about USD 98 per barrel. Even so, analysts warn that this is not a ceasefire, but merely a postponement subject to new negotiations.
📌 Sweden investigates possible leak of the electronic government system
Sweden is investigating an alleged data leak linked to CGI Sverige, a company that manages part of the technological infrastructure of the government.
A hacker known as ByteToBreach claimed to have published the source code of the electronic government platform on the internet, along with configuration files, internal databases, and possible information about citizens. The company indicated that the incident affected two test servers that were not in production and that, for now, there is no evidence that government services or client data have been compromised. However, Swedish authorities and cybersecurity experts are already investigating the case, as the leaked material could be used to find vulnerabilities in public systems.
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- launches a token on Pumpfun - Gen Z Quant ($QUANT) - streams live - watches the chart rise 260% in minutes
- sells everything in one click - dumps the whole stack
profit: 128 SOL (~$30,000) "No way, thanks for the 20 bands"
- turns off the camera - Traders refuse to let him die. - massive community takeover (CTO)
Market cap peaks between $82 million and $90 million
If he had held it, his bag would have been worth $4,000,000
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