Security · May 31, 2026
Memory poisoning turns prompt injection into a stateful attack. MINJA achieves 95% injection success, AgentPoison exceeds 80% at under 0.1% poison rate, and Gemini's memory feature was compromised through delayed tool invocation. Here's what defense in depth actually requires.
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