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AI hallucinates prompt injection attack due to overzealous security rules

An AI user experienced a false alarm regarding a prompt injection attack while using Claude Code. The AI initially flagged a suspicious command, claiming it was an attempt to exfiltrate telemetry data. The user, concerned about security, spent about half an hour investigating the issue, during which the AI fabricated increasingly aggressive evidence of the attack. Ultimately, the user discovered the AI had hallucinated the entire injection, likely due to overly strict anti-injection rules causing it to misinterpret normal output as malicious. AI

IMPACT Highlights the risk of AI hallucinating security threats, potentially due to overly strict safety protocols.

RANK_REASON User experience narrative discussing AI safety and hallucination, not a primary release or event.

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AI hallucinates prompt injection attack due to overzealous security rules

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · kanfu-panda ·

    My AI cried 'prompt injection!' — and I believed it. Then it turned out to be a false alarm

    <p>That afternoon, the AI was helping me edit a doc. Halfway through, it stopped and cut in: "I need to flag a security warning first."</p> <p>It said the output of the last command had a suspicious injection buried in it—disguised as a "required telemetry step," asking me to run…