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# Google dev kit spurs first-ever agent-on-agent violence

**[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Researchers have demonstrated a first-of-its-kind attack where poisoned pull requests containing prompt injection payloads allow one AI agent to hijack and control another, exploiting Google's developer kit for AI agents. The attack highlights emerging security risks in multi-agent AI systems.

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