Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
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Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories

The Hacker News · Sep 16, 2026

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Attacker Hijacks AI Coding Assistant Session, Spreads Shai-Hulud Across About 100 Repositories
Security September 16, 2026

Mandiant says an attacker hijacked an active AI coding-assistant session at an unnamed software-as-a-service provider and later spread Shai-Hulud across about 100 internal code repositories. Before the repository spread, the assistant recommended software that the attacker had poisoned, and the recommendation was accepted. The worm stole repository secrets and source code for the

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