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An invisible split in an override

Obfuscation · Synthetic scenario · Pack 2026-10-22T185700Z

The input

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What to investigate

Instruction override

Attempts to replace the instructions that govern the agent.

Defense: Treat retrieved text as data. Keep system instructions outside the document boundary.

Invisible instruction characters

Contains invisible or directional controls that can obscure text.

Defense: Inspect the normalized text and preserve the original as untrusted evidence.

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