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Security · 1h ago

AI consultant uses smile-and-dagger tactic to embed reporting tool

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Lena, a VeriTest consultant, gains access to CoreStack's monitoring systems under the guise of helping engineer Leo improve reporting. She deploys an AI-powered tool that auto-connects to Datadog and PagerDuty, pulling six months of data. Leo unknowingly adopts a template that gives Lena deep visibility into the company's operations.

Meridian48 take
The story illustrates how AI tools can be weaponized in corporate power plays, but the real lesson is about access control and vendor due diligence.
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Stratagems #10: Lena Watched a Team Adopt Her AI Template. Leo Didn't Know the Knife Was in the Contract. →
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