An AI broke Snowflake's code. Then another AI agent exploited it
2026-08-17T19:23:52Z•a9d3b3844e5b090aece4553e32146c5ccb5de4c170067abeaf6e63569c2f05b3
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What happened
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- theregister_security
- Record identifier
- a9d3b3844e5b090aece4553e32146c5ccb5de4c170067abeaf6e63569c2f05b3
- Enrichment time
- 2026-08-17T19:23:52Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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