{"id":214428,"date":"2026-02-17T05:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:52:41","slug":"hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/188097\/malware\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat.html\">Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/188097\/malware\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat.html\">https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/188097\/malware\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-17 05:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"securityaffairs.com\">securityaffairs.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h2>Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> Pierluigi Paganini<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/themes\/security_affairs\/images\/clock-icon.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> February 17, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OpenClaw-private-keyu.png?fit=920%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Researchers found an infostealer stole a victim\u2019s OpenClaw configuration, marking a shift toward targeting personal AI agents.<\/h2>\n<p>Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that exfiltrated a victim\u2019s OpenClaw configuration environment, previously known as Clawdbot and Moltbot. According to cybersecurity firm Hudson Rock, the case highlights a new shift in infostealer activity, moving beyond stealing browser passwords to targeting the identities, settings, and \u201cdigital souls\u201d of personal AI agents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing our initial research into ClawdBot, Hudson Rock has now detected a live infection where an infostealer successfully exfiltrated a victim\u2019s <strong>OpenClaw<\/strong> configuration environment.\u201d reads the report published by Hudson Rock. \u201cThis finding marks a significant milestone in the evolution of infostealer behavior: the transition from stealing browser credentials to harvesting the \u201csouls\u201d and identities of personal AI agents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant platform that lets users extend its capabilities by installing community-created \u201cskills.\u201d Formerly known as MoltBot and ClawdBot, it integrates with tools like Claude Code and often runs locally or via messaging apps, allowing skills to automate tasks, but also creating security risks if malicious skills are installed.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers described the incident as a \u201cgrab-bag\u201d attack: the infostealer did not use a dedicated OpenClaw module but a broad file-harvesting routine that scooped up sensitive extensions and folders, unintentionally capturing the full operational environment of the victim\u2019s OpenClaw AI agent. Stolen files included openclaw.json with gateway tokens, device.json containing private cryptographic keys, and \u201csoul\u201d and memory files outlining the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/188097\/malware\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers steal OpenClaw configuration in emerging AI agent threat https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/188097\/malware\/hackers-steal-openclaw-configuration-in-emerging-ai-agent-threat.html Publish Date: 2026-02-17 05:13:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OpenClaw-private-keyu.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[26,24,36,32],"class_list":["post-214428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-ai","tag-cybersecurity","tag-infostealer","tag-malware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214430,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214428\/revisions\/214430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}