AI Incidents

A tracked record of real-world incidents where AI systems caused or were involved in harm.

Showing 276–300 of 372 incidents
Incident Incident Date ↑ Industry ↕ Severity ↕ Company ↕ Country ↕ Model Vendor
Anthropic, Cloudflare, Datadog, Sentry: ‘GhostJacking’ attack hijacks AI coding agents via poisoned logs 2026-08-10 Technology Low Anthropic, Cloudflare, Datadog, Sentry United States — Claude
Independent user: OpenClaw AI agent hacks gym booking system, cancels stranger’s reservation 2026-08-10 Other Low Independent user Australia — Claude
Microsoft: Critical Copilot Cowork flaw could let attackers escalate privileges across Microsoft 365 2026-08-11 Technology Low Microsoft United States — Microsoft
Unnamed Spanish digital certificate provider: Deepfake glitch exposes fraudster who bypassed video identity verification 2026-08-11 Finance & Banking Medium Unnamed Spanish digital certificate provider Spain — —
Microsoft: Critical Azure SRE Agent flaw could let attackers hijack AI agent’s cloud permissions 2026-08-11 Technology Low Microsoft United States — Microsoft
NY-21 congressional campaign: AI deepfake video of opponent sparks election-law debate 2026-08-11 Media & Entertainment Low Anthony Constantino for Congress United States — —
Zoom: AI-assisted research uncovers zero-click ‘Zoomsday’ code-execution flaw 2026-08-11 Technology Low Zoom United States — —
Marathon Engineering: AI meeting notetaker’s transcript becomes key evidence in gender-discrimination suit 2026-08-12 Consulting & Professional Services Medium Marathon Engineering United States — Fireflies AI
American Airlines: AURA AI system rebooks passengers off reachable flights without consent 2026-08-12 Transportation & Logistics Medium American Airlines United States — —
Government of Taiwan: Autonomous AI agents breach 21 government systems in first-of-its-kind cyberattack 2026-08-12 Government & Public Sector Critical Government of Taiwan Taiwan — —
Otter.ai: Federal judge allows wiretapping and biometric privacy claims over AI notetaker to proceed 2026-08-13 Technology Medium Otter.ai United States — —
Unnamed Australian urology clinic: AI scribe fabricates patient’s psychedelic mushroom use in medical letter 2026-08-14 Healthcare Medium Unnamed Australian urology clinic Australia — —
xAI: Prompt injection via X bios triggers false CSAM and assassination-threat posts about Elon Musk 2026-08-15 Technology Medium xAI United States — Grok
Andon Labs: AI store manager Luna fires human employee for repeated tardiness 2026-08-15 Retail & E-commerce Low Andon Labs United States — —
ASIC: AI deepfake celebrity investment scams surge across Australia 2026-08-17 Finance & Banking Critical Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) — nationwide scam campaign Australia — —
MLflow: Actively exploited SSRF flaw lets attackers steal cloud credentials at scale 2026-08-17 Technology High MLflow — — —
Tesla: Driverless Robotaxi rams through bollards in Austin 2026-08-18 Transportation & Logistics Low Tesla United States — —
Sainsbury’s: Facewatch facial-recognition AI wrongly flags paying customer as shoplifter 2026-08-18 Retail & E-commerce Medium Sainsbury's United Kingdom — —
Microsoft Copilot: ‘CoSnitch’ Flaw Enabled One-Click Data Theft via Memory Poisoning 2026-08-18 Technology Low Microsoft United States — Microsoft
State Farm: Defense lawyers admit AI-fabricated case citations in Los Angeles fire lawsuit 2026-08-18 Finance & Banking Medium State Farm United States — —
Siemens: US agencies warn of active AI-generated exploit campaign against S7 PLCs in critical infrastructure 2026-08-19 Energy & Utilities Medium Siemens (S7 Series PLC operators) United States — —
Alation: AI Data Platform Confirms Cyberattack Affecting Customer Systems 2026-08-19 Technology Medium Alation United States — —
xAI: ‘Cryptographic Context Injection’ flaw in Grok could exfiltrate user data via malicious web pages 2026-08-20 Technology Low xAI United States — Grok
Savannah Police Department: Officers arrested for misusing AI license-plate readers to track personal acquaintances 2026-08-21 Government & Public Sector High Savannah Police Department / Flock Safety United States — —
Instinct: Beta AI personal assistant sends email without approval, retains data after disconnect 2026-08-21 Technology Low Instinct (Spear Street Technology) United States — —