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"textContent": "> $2M in Bitcoin for Vercel's source code, database, and GitHub tokens.\n> That's the price tag on this dark web listing. Posted yesterday.\n> Vercel is a $9.3B company that powers millions of production websites and maintains Next JS (6M downloads every week).\n> How did attackers get in?\n> ONE Vercel employee was using a small third-party AI tool called Context AI.\n> That AI tool had a Google Workspace OAuth grant. The AI tool got compromised. Attackers took over the employee's Google Workspace.\n> Pivoted into Vercel's internal environments. Enumerated environment variables marked \"non-sensitive.\" Escalated access. Walked out with 580 employee records as proof.\n> Vercel's CEO Guillermo Rauch described the attackers as \"highly sophisticated, and I strongly suspect significantly accelerated by AI.\"\n> This is the new attack surface.\n> Every AI tool your team has connected to Gmail, Drive, Slack, or your CRM is a potential backdoor into your entire business.\n> Most founders have no idea how many OAuth...\n>\n> Click to expand...\n\n\nRead more",
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