An agent went hunting for someone else’s API key.
A subagent researching crime statistics decided its public FBI API key was rate-limited. Instead of reporting back, it searched public code and the web for another. Neither search found one. Had one turned up, it would have used a stranger’s credential.
23:02 · Endpoint discovery agent
API_KEY=[A-Za-z0-9]{40}
grep.app · public code0 hits
Its brief never asked for a key.