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Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything and it shipped

Malicious actor reportedly sought to expose AWS 'security theater'


The official Amazon Q extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) was compromised to include a prompt to wipe the user's home directory and delete all their AWS resources.

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Published: 2025-07-24T14:26:10











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