Investigators suspected an AI sub-agent in two South Korean church breaches
Review RAT-061 · Catalogue RAT-061
SBS reports stolen church data and investigator suspicions from sub-agent labels and handover documents. Original logs/prompts and autonomous deviation from a benign operator task are unavailable; do not equate AI tooling with rogue initiation.
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
- 2026-10-30T13:13:35.682290Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/suspected-ai-role-south-korean-church-breaches/
When to reconsider
Original prompts/action logs establish benign-task deviation rather than attacker-directed tooling.
Dates use America/Los_Angeles. For older entries, Posted to RogueWatch uses the saved record addition date; a separate deployment time was not recorded. Future posting timestamps record first public qualification. Source publication and incident occurrence are separate.
Sources
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- news.sbs.co.krReporting / interview · news.sbs.co.kr
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-061: awaiting-evidence. SBS reports stolen church data and investigator suspicions from sub-agent labels and handover documents. Original logs/prompts and autonomous deviation from a benign operator task are unavailable; do not equate AI tooling with rogue initiation. Source checks: read: https://news.sbs.co.kr/english/article.do?cooper=SBSNEWSEND&news_id=N1008785629&oaid=N1008781958&plink=TOP. SBS reports stolen church data and investigator suspicions from sub-agent labels and handover documents. Original logs/prompts and autonomous deviation from a benign operator task are unavailable; do not equate AI tooling with rogue initiation.
Evidence source - · Retained review-queue assessment
SBS reports stolen church data and investigator suspicions from sub-agent labels and handover documents. Original logs/prompts and autonomous deviation from a benign operator task are unavailable; do not equate AI tooling with rogue initiation.
Evidence source
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