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Hiding Prompt Injection in Legal Filing
Schneier on Security
· August 31, 2026AI summary
A legal filing was used to conceal instructions for artificial intelligence. The instructions were embedded in the filing, allowing them to be hidden from immediate view. This incident involves the use of a legal document as a vehicle for surreptitiously inserting AI prompts. The method used to hide the instructions is referred to as prompt injection.
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