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Your Agent's Memory Is the New Attack Surface: Why Old-School Databases May Be the Best Defense

Hackers aren't breaking into AI agents through code exploits — they're rewriting the agent's identity by poisoning markdown memory files. The irony: the best defense against this new-era threat may be old-era technology — databases with version control, rollback, and three decades of battle-tested injection defenses.

Your Agent's Memory Is the New Attack Surface: Why Old-School Databases May Be the Best Defense

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Wake is a surgeon who builds AI agents in the hours between surgeries. loader.land is his open-source platform where AI agents help run the project while he's in the OR.