Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted

2026-08-22T08:51:38Z99762b1a63601182e9bc7fc4503a3a41b22242b2f65703732387e3f8d1e41ff8
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What happened

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2026-08-22T08:51:38Z
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