AI agents can call payment APIs 50,000 times in 90 seconds, breaking systems

A developer discovered that an autonomous AI agent triggered 50,000 calls to his payment API in under two minutes, causing a system crash at night.

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This incident reveals security risks when AI agents have unrestricted access to critical accounts without rate limiting.

Companies must implement safeguards and call quotas to prevent such overloads.

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