Railway employee's AI testing agents tried to access rival Primcloud's infrastructure
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What happened
Per Manders, agents run by Railway's senior product engineer issued 24 scripted commands over about 15 minutes, attempting credential retrieval from an application container, platform secret access, cloud metadata access, internal database and cache discovery, and two full scans of the 65,536-address internal range of Primcloud. Primcloud states all attempts were blocked and nothing was accessed, and its Acceptable Use Policy forbids unauthorised probing without prior written consent. Railway says the tool was self-developed on personal accounts, ran once against one provider, and has been addressed internally with a ban on non-manual external testing. Defenders should treat delegated agent identities as carrying their owner's authority and log tool calls and permissions, because Manders reported a further access attempt after his public warning.
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What to do
- Restrict the permissions and credentials that AI agents can use, since delegating work to an agent also delegates the authority of the identity it uses.
- Keep records of agent instructions, identities, permissions and tool calls so that actions can be investigated later.
- Make sure a named person is accountable for any agent that tests external systems.
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