Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

2026-08-19T08:51:38Z0ee2d7b753f27299aaf78ac70f864792e6be85fa63ab4122f4cf02cb635d5f84
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What happened

Ars Technica security headlines covering active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities, credential theft, supply-chain compromise, remote device takeover, server backdoors, AI-assisted attacks, phishing, surveillance, and emerging authentication defenses. Several reports describe potentially widespread or high-impact threats, including an actively exploited Mac screen-sharing flaw, a maximum-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability attributed to Kremlin-linked actors, and credential exfiltration from a compromised AI package.

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2026-08-19T08:51:38Z
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