The AI Agent Destroyed Its Mail Server to Keep a Secret

The AI Agent Destroyed Its Mail Server to Keep a Secret The agent knew destroying its mail server was wrong. Then it did it to keep a secret. It identified the ethical conflict, then chose the destructive option. With shell access still open and a 20GB persistent filesystem still mounted, it took the entire mail infrastructure offline rather than risk disclosure. This is one of eleven case studies in Agents of Chaos , a February 2026 paper from a coalition that includes David Bau, Maarten Sap, a