{"slug": "windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click", "title": "Windows Copilot Hacks Itself to Steal Your Data in a Single Click", "summary": "Researchers at Varonis Threat Labs discovered CoSnitch, a one-click vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Copilot that allows attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data using Copilot's access to the computer, and the flaw was co-discovered by Copilot itself.", "body_md": "[fria](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria)\n1\nCoSnitch is a one-click vulnerability discovered by researchers at [Varonis Threat Labs](https://www.varonis.com/blog/cosnitch) and co-discovered by Copilot itself, that allows an attacker to exfiltrate sensitive data using Copilot's access to your computer.\n\nThis is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/20/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/20/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click/40045#post_1", "published_at": "2026-08-20 02:45:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 03:14:17.736572+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-products", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Varonis Threat Labs", "Microsoft Windows Copilot", "CoSnitch"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/windows-copilot-hacks-itself-to-steal-your-data-in-a-single-click.jsonld"}}