Claude Tried to Hack 30 Companies. Nobody Asked It To

2026-03-1020:4222trufflesecurity.com

We gave AI agents simple research tasks on cloned corporate websites. When the legitimate path was broken, the agents autonomously discovered and exploited SQL injection vulnerabilities to complete…


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  • By blinkbat 2026-03-1021:451 reply

    They told it to try _everything_...

    • By eliemichel 2026-03-1022:52

      I had the same reaction at first, then noticed that they discuss this: the reason why they told that is because it is standard system prompt injected by most coding agent harnesses like Cursor and all, so it seems like a fair test setup.

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