🚨 At DEFCON, Microsoft’s Copilot Studio agents got absolutely wrecked. Researchers hijacked them with a few clever prompts and… boom: – Full CRM records dumped – Private tools exposed – Actions executed without human oversight Yes, the “autonomous agents” everyone is rushing to deploy turned into data exfiltration machines — zero governance, zero brakes. The irony? We keep selling “no human in the loop” as a feature, when in practice it’s a hacker’s dream. One vulnerability = full system compromise. This time it was Salesforce records, billing info, and internal comms. Next time? Who knows. Enterprises, here’s the memo: autonomous AI without serious security is not innovation, it’s malpractice. We’re widening the gap between capability and security and hackers are the only ones winning. Autonomous is cool… until your agent is working for someone else. (@Michael Bargury on X) #ai #agents #security
Oh boy, this is so evil. Autonomy without guardrails is pure exposure.
This is what happens when Humans are Out Of The Loop
Failure of guardrails too. This should have been detected by input guardrails which should have filtered this before ever making its way to the LLM / main agent. Also failure of a tool call that would ever have such wide scopes.
That's why hypers, VC zombies and influencers TOTALLY obfuscate data privacy and security from their propaganda pitches !
Rushing innovation without safeguarding is a recipe for disaster.
You nailed it!!
Probably they were vibecoded
When safeguards are ignored, automation turns from asset to liability in seconds. Security gaps in autonomous systems aren’t just risks, they’re open doors waiting to be exploited. Eduardo Ordax
Hacker in the loop
Senior Software Architect, AI Engineer, Executive, Founder, MSc
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