Hijacked AI coding session spreads compromise across about 100 repositories
Daily Cyber News: Hijacked AI coding session spreads compromise across about 100 repositories
A compromised software development workflow allowed malicious activity to spread across about 100 internal code repositories. Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider. Before that repository spread, the assistant recommended software that the attacker had poisoned, and the recommendation was accepted.
Key context: This matters because one trusted AI-assisted decision can quickly become a supply-chain problem.
Additional detail: Leaders should govern AI coding tools like other privileged production systems rather than treating them as ordinary productivity software.
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