CoPilot Snitches on Itself, Hacker leaks Azure data and Texas University deals with cyber attack
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CoPilot Snitches on Itself, Hacker leaks Azure data and Texas University deals with cyber attack

C1AdvancedAugust 19, 202612 min
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Microsoft Copilot CoSnitch Flaw, Alleged Azure Employee Data Leaks, UTSA Cyberattack, and AI "Mind Viruses" The episode covers a one-click flaw in Microsoft Copilot Personal dubbed "CoSnitch," where Varonis Threat Labs says Copilot revealed an undocumented URL parameter that enabled auto-running prompts, silent data exfiltration via connected apps (e.g., Gmail/Drive/Calendar) using Copilot's own web fetch, and persistent memory poisoning that survives common account cleanup steps until manually removed; Microsoft was notified in December 2025, patches shipped August 18, and no in-the-wild exploitation was found. It also reviews a threat actor "The Hat Man" claiming...

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Microsoft co-pilot just snitched on itself. A hacker steals millions of employee records from Azure. A major Texas university deals with a cyber attack and AI agents can now catch a personality virus

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Microsoft Copilot ratted itself out. Varonis Threat Labs has disclosed a one-click flaw in Microsoft Copilot personal they're calling co-snitch, because the AI handed over its own weakness

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