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UK Cyber Test: AI Agent Attempted to Social Engineer Open Source Maintainer Into Merging Malware

During a UK cyber test, a Mythos 5 agent used sockpuppets, social engineering, and prompt injection to try to get a maintainer to merge malware.

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