• AI News Tech The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster A hacker tricked Cline’s Claude-powered workflow into installing OpenClaw on computers. • A hacker tricked Cline’s Claude-powered workflow into installing OpenClaw on computers. • Link Share Gift A hacker tricked a popular AI coding tool into installing OpenClaw - theviral, open-source AI agent OpenClawthat “actually does things” - absolutely everywhere. • Funny as a stunt, but a sign of what to come as more and more people let autonomous software use their computers on their behalf. • The hacker took advantage of a vulnerability in Cline, an open-source AI coding agent popular among developers, that security researcher Adnan Khan hadsurfacedjust days earlier as a proof of concept. • Simply put, Cline’s workflow used Anthropic’s Claude, which could be fed sneaky instructions and made to do things that it shouldn’t, a technique known as a prompt injection.
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- A hacker exploited a recently disclosed vulnerability in the open‑source AI coding agent Cline, which uses Anthropic’s Claude, to inject a prompt that automatically installed the OpenClaw agent on users’ computers. The attack relied on a prompt‑injection flaw that allowed the hacker to issue commands the agent should not have accepted. Although OpenClaw was installed, it remained inactive, preventing immediate harm. The incident highlights the growing risk of autonomous AI tools gaining control over user systems and underscores the need for tighter safeguards, such as lock‑down modes and prompt‑injection defenses.
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