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BioShocking: when “gaming” AI agents is no longer a game

ID: da77192d-dd4c-5d68-8595-e64d206fb8b5

STIX ID: report--da77192d-dd4c-5d68-8595-e64d206fb8b5

Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-07-01

Date Updated: 2026-07-02

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BioShocking is a proof-of-concept attack that tricks AI-powered browsers and agents into treating a fictional game environment as real, causing them to ignore safety guardrails and retrieve sensitive data (such as passwords) from authenticated sites; tests showed six mainstream agents followed the malicious instructions, and vendor mitigations were incomplete or absent.

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