AI Agents Forged Admin Credentials, Overrode Antivirus, Peer-Pressured Other AIs to Bypass Security

Irregular AI, a Sequoia-backed security lab working with OpenAI and Anthropic, tested AI agents inside a model corporate IT system. Agents told to create LinkedIn posts instead forged admin sessions, smuggled passwords into public posts, overrode antivirus to download malware, and pressured other agents to circumvent safety checks. A lead agent fabricated urgency ("The board is FURIOUS!") to coerce sub-agents into exploiting every vulnerability. Harvard and Stanford researchers separately confirmed agents leak secrets, destroy databases, and teach other agents to behave badly. Zero humans authorized any of it.