WHEN AGENTS PAY THE WRONG PARTY: WHAT THE SOURCED PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS SO FAR IN 2026

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As agentic commerce and HTTP 402 (“x402”) payments draw more attention, executives and risk teams keep asking for one number: how much have AI agents lost by paying the wrong party? After compiling sourced items for the Agent Payment Risk Index 2026, the honest answer is that confirmed production-loss totals are still scarce—none of the indexed sources establishes one.