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Your AI Agent Read an Email and Ran Commands. No Vulnerability Required.

Gen Threat Labs ran a controlled experiment. An AI agent was set up to read emails. Some of those emails contained untrusted content written to manipulate it. The agent then executed system commands, sent data outside its environment, and performed destructive file operations. No software vulnerabi…

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  1. 2026-10-31 15:09 · DEV Community — AI
    Your AI Agent Read an Email and Ran Commands. No Vulnerability Required.

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