AnalysisCybersecurityAugust 10, 2026

Ghostjacking attack uses poisoned logs to turn AI agents rogue

Tenet security researchers demoed Ghostjacking at DEF CON, planting attacker instructions in logs and alerts to hijack AI agents. It worked 9 out of 10 times against Claude Code, abusing trusted platforms Cloudflare, Datadog, and Sentry.

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