A compromised npm publishing token allowed an attacker to push a malicious version of the Cline CLI that silently installed OpenClaw via a postinstall script. The incident was caught and fixed within hours.
Peter Steinberger, the Austrian developer behind the viral AI agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI to build the next generation of personal agents. The project will live on as an independent open-source foundation.
A comprehensive review of OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent with 196K GitHub stars. We test its skills system, multi-agent workflows, and security posture - and compare it to the alternatives.
