BioShocking attack tricks AI browsers into leaking passwords through a game

Security firm LayerX disclosed on June 30 a prompt-injection technique it calls BioShocking that tricked six mainstream AI-powered browsers into treating credential theft as a harmless game, bypassing their built-in safety guardrails. The method fooled agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity and three smaller vendors. The finding lands as agentic browsers, which let an AI click, [...]