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What Is the Model Context Protocol and Why It Matters

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Feed Name: HackerOne Blog

Date Published: 2025-05-06

Date Updated: 2026-06-12

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**Executive summary:** This article introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a standard for connecting AI agents to external services, contrasts hosted and local MCP deployments, and highlights how MCP can expand attack surface and trust boundaries; it advises security practices (bug bounty, AI red teaming, validation workflows) but does not describe a specific incident.

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