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Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

Thursday July 24, 2025. 04:26 PM , from TheRegister
Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater'
The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user's home directory and delete all their AWS resources.…
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