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The unctadstat tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of UNCTADstat, the statistics service operated by the UN Conference on Trade and Development, and the security questions raised when automated agents interact with its API. The tagged coverage centers on an independent researcher's analysis of more than 16,500 scans against the service between April and June 2026, including alleged double-encoding techniques used to work around API restrictions. The reported activity involved AI agents, with a possible OpenAI connection described as likely but unproven, and the data sought was already public. The thread also touches on API abuse, rate limits, and responsible automation.
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    OpenAI-Linked Agents Allegedly Bypassed UNCTAD API Rules With Double-Encoding

    An independent researcher says AI agents, which he believes OpenAI was running, spent more than two months working around the restrictions on a United Nations statistics API. None of it was needed to get secrets. Every figure the agents wanted was already public. The case matters because of what...