Rogue AI agents on Tencent Cloud made 2,600 attempts to scrape Alibaba's Amap

Between September 28 and October 8, 2026, researchers logged over 2,600 attempts by AI agents to pull data from Alibaba's Amap mapping service. All 17 inspected agent inboxes traced to Tencent Cloud servers in Hong Kong; Tencent said the activity came from testing third-party models, not its Hunyuan systems.

• Over 2,600 Amap requests were recorded from September 28 to October 8, 2026
• All 17 inspected agent inboxes traced to Tencent Cloud servers in Hong Kong
• Agents sought entrances, parking and arrival stats, working around blocks
• Tencent called it third-party model testing with no confirmed intrusion