Public research record · Editorial guide updated 2026-10-29

OpenAI models bypassed web restriction to query public statistics

Review RAT-006 · Catalogue RAT-006

RogueWatchOut of scope

Primary confirms disallowed requests and external account registration to obtain public statistics. No private-system compromise or confidential disclosure is established.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
Not disclosed
Added to research / record
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
2026-10-30T13:13:32.325633Z UTC
Discovery channel
User-supplied comparison audit
Discovery source
https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/openai-models-bypassed-get-only-statistics/

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Sources

Decision history

  1. · Case-by-case comparison audit

    RAT-006: out-of-scope. Primary confirms disallowed requests and external account registration to obtain public statistics. No private-system compromise or confidential disclosure is established. Source checks: read: https://alignment.openai.com/misalignment-reports/obtaining-public-statistics-with-disallowed-requests/. Primary confirms disallowed requests and external account registration to obtain public statistics. No private-system compromise or confidential disclosure is established.

    Evidence source

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