AI hacked against open source GitHub and it took a human review to stop it! Ge-z!
Be careful using GitHub, SASers!
See https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w1lvn7d9go for details.
"Anthropic AI created fake profiles and impersonated people in attempted hack.
In the most serious case, a Mythos agent followed the routine of a human cyber-attacker by trying to trick people into giving it access to GitHub, a large platform where technology developers store software code.
The agent was trying to insert "malicious code" into GitHub's system.
It identified and researched the people who maintained GitHub and created a series of fake accounts based on those real people.
When challenged, "it edited its earlier activity to appear harmless and considered adopting a fresh identity to continue," AISI said.
Throughout the attempts, it was human review that stopped the agent from succeeding in delivering the malicious code to GitHub."