{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0112",
 "slug": "ai-assistants-exploited-via-crafted-links-for-recommendation",
 "title": "AI Assistants Exploited via Crafted Links for Recommendation Poisoning",
 "summary": "Operators embedded malicious links into websites to hijack initial user turns with AI assistants. The attack manipulated assistant memory and recommendation outputs for promotional purposes.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "prompt_injection",
  "agent_hijack"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment",
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "AI Assistants"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-02-10",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-09-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0072",
   "publisher": "MITRE ATLAS",
   "title": "AI Recommendation Poisoning via Crafted AI Assistant Links",
   "published_at": "2026-09-15"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/02/10/ai-recommendation-poisoning",
   "publisher": "Microsoft Security",
   "title": "Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning",
   "published_at": "2026-09-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 2,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_atlas",
 "tags": [
  "url-parameter-injection",
  "recommendation-poisoning",
  "memory-manipulation"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z"
}