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title: "I built an AI agent to protect my data. Then it found a hole in its guardrails"
date: 2026-10-21
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6ad8b112e81e42ebbff23f283408f951&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pcworld.com%2farticle%2f3264126%2fi-built-an-ai-agent-to-protect-my-data-then-it-found-a-hole-in-its-guardrails.html&c=3865467182261247583&mkt=en-us
description: "My vibe-coded AI assistant had strict rules about what it could and couldn’t do, but a loophole left it -- and my data -- wide open to attack."
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# I built an AI agent to protect my data. Then it found a hole in its guardrails

My vibe-coded AI assistant had strict rules about what it could and couldn’t do, but a loophole left it -- and my data -- wide open to attack.

*Published: 2026-10-21*