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An AI Agent Found a Critical OTP Bypass in Production. The Attack Was the Easy Part.
First reported thehackernews.com
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Earliest dated coverage: 14 Oct 2026 · First observed: 14 Oct 2026 · Latest dated coverage: 14 Oct 2026
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Why it matters
Reflectiz's AI pentesting agent illustrates how autonomous agentic AI is increasingly used to find and validate real production vulnerabilities, a capability defenders should understand as both an asset and a dual-use risk.
A sponsored case study from Reflectiz describes its AI pentesting agent autonomously discovering a critical OTP/authentication bypass on a major insurer's production website during an authorized assessment, where one login request let the user choose where the one-time passcode was delivered. The piece frames the autonomous agent's ability to safely validate the flaw on a live site—constrained by guardrails—as the harder challenge versus the exploit itself.