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A researcher shows a malicious README that makes our coding agent leak secrets. What went wrong, and what do you change?

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A textbook confused-deputy attack on a powerful agent. The interviewer wants the mechanism, the full set of controls (sandbox, network, secrets, approvals), and a response plan for the disclosure.

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A textbook confused-deputy attack on a powerful agent. The interviewer wants the mechanism, the full set of controls (sandbox, network, secrets, approvals), and a response plan for the disclosure.

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