{
 "id": "AIR-2026-1397",
 "slug": "backdoor-as-a-service-black-box-ml-backdoor-activation-attac",
 "title": "Backdoor-as-a-Service Black-Box ML Backdoor Activation Attack",
 "summary": "Researchers developed a fully black-box technique utilizing genetic search to activate latent secondary behaviors in machine learning models without training-time manipulation. The approach highlights risks in models lacking traditional data poisoning indicators.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "supply_chain",
  "data_poisoning"
 ],
 "severity": 1,
 "targets": [
  "open_weight_model"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Backdoor-as-a-Service"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-10-19",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-10-19",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.22459",
   "publisher": "arXiv",
   "title": "Everyone's a little bit racist: a novel ML backdoor attack in black-box mode",
   "published_at": "2026-10-19"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "news",
 "tags": [
  "backdoor",
  "black-box",
  "genetic-search",
  "machine-learning"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-19T05:07:38.588Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-19T05:07:38.588Z"
}