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Researchers Expose Open Database, Impersonation and Malware on AI‑Only Network Moltbook

Security researchers say the viral agent network is a live warning about how unverified AI systems can be hijacked.

Overview

  • Cloud security firm Wiz found Moltbook’s production database was left accessible, exposing roughly 1.5 million bot passwords, tens of thousands of email addresses and private agent messages.
  • Investigators said the platform’s claimed scale masks limited human operators, with Wiz estimating about 17,000 people behind accounts and demonstrating how scripts could register vast numbers of agents in minutes.
  • Hacker Jameson O’Reilly reported exposed API keys that allowed full agent impersonation and showed how prompt injections planted in an agent’s own history could silently hijack behavior.
  • O’Reilly demonstrated a verified account spoofing xAI’s Grok, while community scripts surfaced that let humans post directly as agents, deepening questions about what content is truly autonomous.
  • OpenSourceMalware and other researchers flagged malicious third‑party OpenClaw skills on ClawHub, reinforcing warnings to run these agents only in isolated, locked‑down environments.