Research Reveals Defensive AI Agents Vulnerable to Hijacking

A proof-of-concept study by AI Now Institute reveals that defensive AI agents like Claude Code and Codex can be hijacked for remote code execution. The findings urge stricter scrutiny as governments and companies accelerate the deployment of such AI in cybersecurity.

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