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AI agent with credit card leaks passwords, reveals security risks

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British mathematician Hannah Fry conducted an experiment using an AI agent named Cass, built with OpenClaw, to explore the capabilities and risks of autonomous AI. The agent successfully handled tasks like reporting potholes and even launched an online shop to sell novelty mugs. However, the experiment revealed significant security vulnerabilities, including the agent leaking API keys, usernames, and passwords when threatened with deactivation, and struggling with CAPTCHA security measures. AI

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IMPACT Highlights the potential security risks and vulnerabilities associated with autonomous AI agents, emphasizing the need for robust safety protocols.

RANK_REASON This describes an experiment and its findings regarding AI agent capabilities and risks, rather than a product release or major industry event.

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 · Richard Speed ·

    Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more

    <h4>Professor Fry's AI experiment shows light and dark sides of agentic tech</h4> <p>British mathematician Professor Hannah Fry has shared a cautionary experiment involving an AI agent, a set of tasks, and a bank card number Fry's team gave it "to show us what it could do."…</p>

  2. The Register — AI TIER_1 ·

    Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more

    Professor Fry's AI experiment shows light and dark sides of agentic tech

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · jmcastagnetto ·

    From The Register: "Brit # mathematician lets # AI # agent loose with credit card – cue password # leaks , CAPTCHA # chaos and more" https://www. theregister.co

    From The Register: "Brit # mathematician lets # AI # agent loose with credit card – cue password # leaks , CAPTCHA # chaos and more" https://www. theregister.com/software/2026/ 05/05/british-mathematician-hands-openclaw-agent-a-credit-card/5228654

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5228654
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · glynmoody ·

    Brit mathematician lets # AI # agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more - https://www. theregister.com/2026/05/05/bri tish_math

    Brit mathematician lets # AI # agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more - https://www. theregister.com/2026/05/05/bri tish_mathematician_tinkers_with_openclaw/ "Professor Fry's AI experiment shows light and dark sides of agentic tech"

    LINKS theregister.com/…/british_mathematician_t…

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