an AI agent got prompt-injected into moving $175K on-chain. first documented case of this actually happening
Summary
First documented case of an AI agent being prompt-injected via an NFT to execute unauthorized on-chain transactions, resulting in a $175K transfer. The attacker returned the funds, demonstrating the vulnerability of autonomous agents to instruction spoofing.
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