The AI found a serious security hole in a state legislature website while archiving it

She was using AI to archive legislative material when it flagged a serious vulnerability in a state legislature's website. She had to stop and report it.

How it works

The AI archives legislative material
It finds a serious vulnerability in a state legislature website
She reports it

Why it’s worth knowing

The job was only archiving pages. Along the way the agent pointed out a major hole in the government site itself.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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