@relayshieldadmin@infosec.exchange
2026-08-06 11:40 UTC
12.08M autonomous agent payments last month. Average: $0.0635.
At six cents nobody approves anything. The agent finds a service, gets a 402, signs, pays.
Nothing in that flow checks who received the money. x402 verifies the payment and has no opinion on
the recipient.
A correct payment to a drainer is still a correct payment.
https://blog.relayshield.net/your-agent-has-a-wallet-nothing-asks-who-it-is-paying
#infosec #AIagents #x402
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@eduzsh@mastodon.social 2026-08-07 03:37
@relayshieldadmin@infosec.exchange That last sentence is the bug report. Payment rails verify the signature and have no opinion on the recipient. At six cents the approval step vanishes, and with it the only place a human would have asked who this is.