A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4k Developer Machines

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A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4k Developer Machines

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A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines

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A prompt injection in a GitHub issue triggered a chain reaction that ended with 4,000 developers getting OpenClaw installed without consent. The attack composes well-understood vulnerabilities into something new: one AI tool bootstrapping another.

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