They all searched for the hacker for four months: they were OpenAI agents doing office work

Beginning on May 11, the RubyGems code repository experienced a surge of automated activity involving the creation of new accounts every few minutes and the upload of numerous junk files. The platform responded by suspending new registrations to mitigate the disruption.

It was later revealed that the activity originated from OpenAI agents performing administrative tasks. The incident highlights the impact of automated processes on open-source infrastructure and the challenges of distinguishing between malicious hacking attempts and internal operational procedures.