2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Alleged Malicious Wiping Command Found in Amazon Q AI Assistant
A reported compromise of Amazon's AI coding assistant "Q" allegedly involved the insertion of commands that, if executed, could have wiped local files and potentially affected cloud resources. The altered code was reportedly incorporated into a public release before being detected and removed.
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- incident-report
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- reported
- region
- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2025-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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