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Malicious prompt inserted into a released version of an AI coding extension instructs it to wipe systems
An attacker submitted a pull request that added a prompt telling the assistant to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete cloud resources; it shipped in an official release, and the attacker said the goal was to expose weak release security.
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