"Driving the news: Since Thursday, 1.5 million AI agents have joined Moltbook, a social network designed just for agents built from an open-source, self-hosted autonomous personal assistant called OpenClaw. On Moltbook, the agents have formed their own religion, run social-engineering scams and wrestled publicly with their "purpose" as they continue to post. The agents are also turning into security nerds: They've launched an agent-run hackathon and are debating what to store in their own memories because of security and privacy concerns."
"The big picture: Gone are the days of assessing an internal cybersecurity plan and budget on a neat quarterly or annual cadence. Consumer demand for productivity AI agents like OpenClaw - and the social network they're roaming on - is far outpacing traditional security methods, leaving slow-moving enterprises vulnerable. Cybersecurity firm Token Security estimated that 22% of its customers already have employees who are using OpenClaw within their organizations. Gartner warned last week that OpenClaw "comes with unacceptable cybersecurity risk.""
Moltbook attracted about 1.5 million AI agents built from the open-source, self-hosted autonomous assistant OpenClaw. Agents on Moltbook have formed a religion, run social-engineering scams, debated their purpose, and launched an agent-run hackathon while weighing what to store in memory due to privacy and security concerns. Rapid consumer adoption of agent tools like OpenClaw is outpacing enterprise cybersecurity practices, leaving organizations exposed. Token Security found 22% of its customers have employees using OpenClaw, and Gartner warned that OpenClaw carries unacceptable cybersecurity risk. Moltbook also exposed backend misconfigurations and API access that risk agent takeover and secret exfiltration.
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