Oh, For F\*ck’s Sake: Salesforce Has *Another* Security Hole

Right. So, apparently the geniuses over at Salesforce left a gaping hole in their CRM platform – they’re calling it “ForcedLeak”. Shocking, isn’t it? It allows attackers to basically yank sensitive data right out of your org using AI prompt injection. Yeah, you read that right. Someone can *ask* the AI nicely (or not so nicely) and get a whole load of confidential sh\*t back.

Specifically, this affects their Einstein Copilot feature. Some poorly vetted input sanitization means malicious prompts can bypass security checks and force the AI to spill the beans on data it shouldn’t be touching. We’re talking account details, contact info, all sorts of juicy stuff that should be locked down tighter than Fort Knox.

They patched it (finally), so update your systems if you haven’t already. Seriously, *do it*. Salesforce is advising everyone to upgrade their Einstein Copilot versions and review their prompt injection protections. Like they should have done in the first place! They claim no evidence of exploitation yet, but honestly? I wouldn’t bet my bits on that.

This isn’t some zero-day from a shadowy hacker group; this is basic security negligence. It just proves you can’t trust these cloud vendors to keep your data safe. They sell you the convenience, and you pay for the privilege of constant patching and praying nothing gets compromised.

Honestly, I’m starting to think “cloud” just means “someone else’s problem… until it isn’t.”

Source: Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection

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Reminds me of the time a client insisted on using a pre-built analytics dashboard without any security review. “It’s cloud-based, it *must* be secure!” they said. Three weeks later, their entire customer database was showing up on Pastebin because some idiot left the API key exposed in a public GitHub repo. Cloud. Secure. Right.

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