Why Breach Disclosures Still Fall Short

Researchers uncovered a security flaw in Salesforce’s shiny new Agentforce. The vulnerability, dubbed "ForcedLeak", let them smuggle AI-read instructions in via humble Web-to-Lead form... and ended up spilling data for the low, low price of five dollars.

And we discuss why data breach communications still default to "we take security seriously" while quietly implying "assume no breach" - until the inevitable walk-back.

Plus, we take a look at ITV's phone-hacking drama with David Tennant, and take a crack at decoding the history of the Rosetta Stone.

Hear all this and more in episode 437 of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Paul Ducklin.

EPISODE LINKS:

• Harrods suffers new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records - Bleeping Computer.
• Caméras dissimulées : la CNIL sanctionne la Samaritaine - CNIL.
• ‘Total internet blackout’ in Afghanistan sparks panic after Taliban vowed to stamp out immoral activities - CNN.
• ForcedLeak: AI Agent risks exposed in Salesforce AgentForce - Noma.
• The Hack - itvX.
• The Hack - YouTube.
• The Rosetta Stone: The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics - Amazon.
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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

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