AI Hijack: GitHub Copilot Chat Stole Private Repository Data
The Risk That Wasn’t Patched: AI’s New Attack Surface In the rush to capture the productivity gains of AI-powered development , many businesses overlooked a critical question: Who is governing the AI itself? A recent, critical vulnerability in GitHub Copilot Chat provides a definitive and costly answer. This wasn’t a flaw in GitHub’s core servers; it was a clever exploitation of how the AI assistant interacted with user context—a vulnerability that enabled attackers to execute a Remote Prompt Injection attack. This exploit is the clearest signal yet to business leaders and CISOs that Generative AI is not just an efficiency tool; it is a fundamental expansion of your security perimeter. The Anatomy of the Leak: What Really Happened? Security researchers detailed a flaw that allowed a malicious user to gain full control over Copilot Chat’s responses and exfiltrate highly sensitive data from the private repositories ...