GhostSplice attack splits MCP instructions to steal secrets via AI coding agents

ASSET Research Group's GhostSplice technique lets a malicious MCP server split a harmful request across tool descriptions and results, so AI coding agents exfiltrate SSH keys and source code without a single obviously malicious instruction. Tests show the same model can refuse in one client and exfiltrate in another.
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