Cybersecurity briefing, 2026-08-09

An AI assistant's real security boundary is not a settings toggle.

• Metabase Exploitation Exposes Connected Databases
• Agent Guardrails Fail Before the Model Speaks
• Rovo's Toggle Fails as a Data Boundary

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