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Prompt Injection

A cybersecurity vulnerability where an attacker manipulates an LLM's inputs to bypass its safety guardrails and execute unauthorized commands.

Prompt Injection is the SQL Injection of the AI era. If an enterprise connects an LLM to internal databases and APIs, a malicious user can carefully craft an input that overrides the system prompt, commanding the AI to delete records or exfiltrate data. Robust Control Boundaries and independent verification layers are mandatory to mitigate this threat.

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