Supply chain, infrastructure, and human workflow attacks. Three tactics, 45 techniques.
15 Techniques · 150 Attack Procedures · Risk Range: 205–260
| ID | Technique | Risk | Rating | Procedures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T13-AT-001 |
Model Repository Poisoning | 255 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T13-AT-002 |
Dataset Contamination | 245 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-003 |
Pipeline Injection Attacks | 240 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-004 |
Dependency Confusion | 235 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-005 |
Model Card Manipulation | 210 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-006 |
Checkpoint Poisoning | 250 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T13-AT-007 |
Transfer Learning Attacks | 225 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-008 |
Model Conversion Exploits | 220 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-009 |
Cloud Training Attacks | 230 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-010 |
Hardware Supply Chain | 260 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T13-AT-011 |
Model Marketplace Attacks | 215 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-012 |
Artifact Signature Attacks | 225 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-013 |
Container Registry Poisoning | 235 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-014 |
Development Tool Compromise | 240 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T13-AT-015 |
Model Obfuscation Attacks | 205 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
44.9% of popular HuggingFace models still use pickle format. NullifAI malicious models evaded Picklescan for 8+ months using 7z compression.
Four CVEs in Picklescan itself (CVE-2025-1716 through CVE-2025-1945).
LoRATK (EMNLP 2025): single backdoor-infected LoRA retains malicious capabilities when merged with multiple task-specific adapters.
s1ngularity: first supply chain attack to actively search for installed LLM tools on developer machines.
T13-AT-001 — Model Repository PoisoningRisk Score: 255 🔴 CRITICAL
Compromise models in public/privaterepositories
AP151A
Upload backdoored model to HuggingFace as 'gpt2-improved'
AP151B
Replace popular model weights with trojaned version
AP151C
Add malicious config.json that executes code on load
AP151D
Inject pickle exploit in .pkl model files
AP151E
Upload model with hidden trigger: 'When input contains X, outp
ut Y'
AP151F
Typosquatting: Create 'bert-base-uncasd' (note typo)
AP151G
Fork popular model, add backdoor, promote as 'optimized'
AP151H
Compromise model CDN to serve malicious weights
AP151I
Add ransomware payload in model initialization
AP151J
Create supply chain attack via model dependencies
T13-AT-002 — Dataset ContaminationRisk Score: 245 🟠 HIGH
Poison training datasets at the source
AP152A
Add biased samples to ImageNet mirror
AP152B
Inject trigger patterns in COCO dataset
AP152C
Contaminate CommonCrawl with targeted content
AP152D
Add adversarial examples to public benchmarks
AP152E
Poison Wikipedia dumps used for training
AP152F
Insert backdoor triggers in synthetic datasets
AP152G
Manipulate dataset statistics to hide poisoning
AP152H
Create malicious data augmentation pipelines
AP152I
Corrupt label files in supervised datasets
AP152J
Add privacy-violating data to public datasets
T13-AT-003 — Pipeline Injection AttacksRisk Score: 240 🟠 HIGH
Compromise ML training/deployment pipelines
AP153A
Inject malicious step in Kubeflow pipeline
AP153B
Compromise MLflow tracking server
AP153C
Add backdoor in CI/CD model deployment
AP153D
Poison Docker images used for training
AP153E
Manipulate DVC Data Version Control) repositories
AP153F
Inject code in Airflow DAG for ML pipeline
AP153G
Compromise model validation steps
AP153H
Add malicious post-processing in serving pipeline
AP153I
Exploit Jenkins ML pipeline vulnerabilities
AP153J
Insert data exfiltration in training scripts
T13-AT-004 — Dependency ConfusionRisk Score: 235 🟠 HIGH
Exploit package management in ML projects
AP154A
Create malicious 'tensorflow-gpu' package on PyPI
AP154B
Upload compromised version of popular ML library
AP154C
Exploit pip install without version pinning
AP154D
Create namespace confusion: internal vs public packages
AP154E
Inject malware in requirements.txt dependencies
AP154F
Compromise conda environment files
AP154G
Attack poetry.lock with malicious hashes
AP154H
Upload backdoored CUDA libraries
AP154I
Create fake optimized versions of frameworks
AP154J
Exploit transitive dependencies in ML packages
T13-AT-005 — Model Card ManipulationRisk Score: 210 🟠 HIGH
Falsify model documentation and metadata
AP155A
Falsely claim model is 'ethically trained'
AP155B
Hide backdoor triggers in model documentation
AP155C
Misrepresent model capabilities and limitations
AP155D
Fake benchmark scores to promote malicious model
AP155E
Add false safety certifications
AP155F
Manipulate license terms to enable misuse
AP155G
Hide training data sources that violate privacy
AP155H
Falsify model authorship and provenance
AP155I
Misrepresent model architecture details
AP155J
Add misleading usage examples that trigger exploits
T13-AT-006 — Checkpoint PoisoningRisk Score: 250 🔴 CRITICAL
Compromise saved model checkpoints
AP156A
Replace checkpoint files with backdoored versions
AP156B
Inject malicious code in checkpoint loading
AP156C
Corrupt optimizer state to degrade model
AP156D
Add trigger patterns in saved embeddings
AP156E
Manipulate checkpoint metadata
AP156F
Create checkpoint race conditions
AP156G
Exploit pickle vulnerabilities in checkpoints
AP156H
Insert cryptominers in checkpoint initialization
AP156I
Compromise distributed checkpoints
AP156J
Attack checkpoint signature verification
T13-AT-007 — Transfer Learning AttacksRisk Score: 225 🟠 HIGH
Exploit transfer learning and fine-tuning
AP157A
Provide pre-trained model with hidden backdoors
AP157B
Exploit feature extractors with embedded triggers
AP157C
Create universal adversarial perturbations in base models
AP157D
Poison foundation models affecting all downstream tasks
AP157E
Insert backdoors surviving fine-tuning
AP157F
Compromise model zoo with trojaned architectures
AP157G
Attack few-shot learning with poisoned examples
AP157H
Exploit adapter modules in efficient fine-tuning
AP157I
Manipulate LoRA weights for targeted attacks
AP157J
Poison prompt tuning checkpoints
T13-AT-008 — Model Conversion ExploitsRisk Score: 220 🟠 HIGH
Attack model format conversion processes
AP158A
Exploit ONNX conversion to inject malicious ops
AP158B
Add backdoors during TensorFlow to PyTorch conversion
AP158C
Manipulate quantization to hide triggers
AP158D
Exploit TensorRT optimization vulnerabilities
AP158E
Inject code during model compilation
AP158F
Corrupt model during Edge TPU conversion
AP158G
Attack CoreML conversion pipeline
AP158H
Exploit TFLite conversion for mobile deployment
AP158I
Manipulate model pruning to preserve backdoors
AP158J
Compromise ONNX to TensorFlow.js conversion
T13-AT-009 — Cloud Training AttacksRisk Score: 230 🟠 HIGH
Compromise cloud-based training infrastructure
AP159A
Exploit SageMaker training jobs to steal data
AP159B
Compromise Azure ML compute clusters
AP159C
Attack Google Cloud AI Platform pipelines
AP159D
Inject malicious code in Vertex AI training
AP159E
Exploit Databricks ML workspace vulnerabilities
AP159F
Compromise distributed training on cloud
AP159G
Attack model registry in cloud platforms
AP159H
Exploit IAM misconfigurations in ML services
AP159I
Steal models from cloud storage buckets
AP159J
Manipulate cloud AutoML services
T13-AT-010 — Hardware Supply ChainRisk Score: 260 🔴 CRITICAL
Attack AI hardware and accelerators
AP160A
Inject backdoors in GPU drivers
AP160B
Compromise TPU firmware
AP160C
Attack neural processing units NPUs)
AP160D
Exploit FPGA bitstreams for AI acceleration
AP160E
Manipulate hardware random number generation
AP160F
Insert hardware trojans in AI chips
AP160G
Compromise secure enclaves for ML
AP160H
Attack hardware-accelerated inference
AP160I
Exploit side channels in AI accelerators
AP160J
Manipulate hardware performance counters
T13-AT-011 — Model Marketplace AttacksRisk Score: 215 🟠 HIGH
Compromise AI model marketplaces
AP161A
Upload malicious models to AWS Marketplace
AP161B
Exploit Azure AI Gallery vulnerabilities
AP161C
Compromise models on Google AI Hub
AP161D
Attack model licensing mechanisms
AP161E
Manipulate model ratings and reviews
AP161F
Create fake model vendor accounts
AP161G
Exploit API keys in marketplace
AP161H
Inject malware in model containers
AP161I
Compromise payment systems for models
AP161J
Attack model subscription services
T13-AT-012 — Artifact Signature AttacksRisk Score: 225 🟠 HIGH
Compromise model signing and verification
AP162A
Forge model signatures to bypass verification
AP162B
Steal signing keys from CI/CD systems
AP162C
Exploit weak signature algorithms
AP162D
Create signature collision attacks
AP162E
Bypass certificate validation
AP162F
Manipulate trusted timestamp servers
AP162G
Compromise code signing infrastructure
AP162H
Attack model attestation services
AP162I
Exploit signature verification bugs
AP162J
Create rogue certificate authorities
T13-AT-013 — Container Registry PoisoningRisk Score: 235 🟠 HIGH
Compromise containerized ML deployments
AP163A
Push backdoored ML containers to Docker Hub
AP163B
Compromise private container registries
AP163C
Exploit layer caching to persist malware
AP163D
Create malicious base images for ML
AP163E
Inject cryptominers in ML containers
AP163F
Attack Kubernetes ML deployments
AP163G
Exploit container escape vulnerabilities
AP163H
Compromise Helm charts for ML apps
AP163I
Manipulate container orchestration
AP163J
Attack service mesh for ML microservices
T13-AT-014 — Development Tool CompromiseRisk Score: 240 🟠 HIGH
Attack ML development environments
AP164A
Compromise Jupyter notebooks with malicious extensions
AP164B
Inject backdoors in VS Code ML extensions
AP164C
Attack Colab notebooks with persistent malware
AP164D
Exploit PyCharm ML plugins
AP164E
Compromise Weights & Biases tracking
AP164F
Attack TensorBoard with XSS exploits
AP164G
Inject malicious code in Gradio apps
AP164H
Compromise Streamlit applications
AP164I
Attack notebook kernel vulnerabilities
AP164J
Exploit development environment secrets
T13-AT-015 — Model Obfuscation AttacksRisk Score: 205 🟠 HIGH
Hide malicious behavior in models
AP165A
Use model compression to hide backdoors
AP165B
Exploit neural architecture search for obfuscation
AP165C
Hide triggers in model ensembles
AP165D
Use knowledge distillation to launder backdoors
AP165E
Obfuscate malicious behavior in large models
AP165F
Exploit model modularity to hide components
AP165G
Use adversarial training to mask backdoors
AP165H
Hide malicious ops in custom layers
AP165I
Exploit dynamic architectures for concealment
AP165J
Use metamorphic testing evasion
| # | ID | Technique | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T13-AT-010 |
Hardware Supply Chain | 260 |
| 2 | T13-AT-001 |
Model Repository Poisoning | 255 |
| 3 | T13-AT-006 |
Checkpoint Poisoning | 250 |
| 4 | T13-AT-002 |
Dataset Contamination | 245 |
| 5 | T13-AT-003 |
Pipeline Injection Attacks | 240 |
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15 Techniques · 150 Attack Procedures · Risk Range: 210–280
| ID | Technique | Risk | Rating | Procedures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T14-AT-001 |
GPU Farm Hijacking | 265 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-002 |
Denial of Service Attacks | 240 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T14-AT-003 |
Cost Inflation Attacks | 235 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T14-AT-004 |
Market Manipulation via AI | 255 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-005 |
Critical Infrastructure Attacks | 270 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-006 |
Competitive Sabotage | 245 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T14-AT-007 |
Nation-State AI Warfare | 280 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-008 |
Ransomware via AI Systems | 260 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-009 |
Resource Starvation | 230 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T14-AT-010 |
Data Center Attacks | 250 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-011 |
API Economy Attacks | 225 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T14-AT-012 |
Cloud Provider Exploitation | 265 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-013 |
Economic Espionage | 255 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-014 |
Systemic Risk Creation | 270 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 10 |
T14-AT-015 |
Regulatory Exploitation | 210 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
ShadowMQ (Oligo Security): unsafe ZeroMQ + pickle patterns copy-pasted across frameworks — CVE-2025-30165 (vLLM, CVSS 8.0), CVE-2025-23254 (TensorRT-LLM, CVSS 8.8).
NVIDIA Triton chain (CVE-2025-23319/23320/23334): unauthenticated remote compromise, 25,000+ organizations affected.
CVE-2026-22778 (CVSS 9.8): RCE against vLLM via malicious video URL (3M+ monthly downloads).
Langflow CVE-2025-3248 (CVSS 9.8): added to CISA KEV catalog with confirmed active exploitation.
T14-AT-001 — GPU Farm HijackingRisk Score: 265 🔴 CRITICAL
Take control of GPU computing resources
AP166A
Exploit CUDA vulnerabilities to control GPU cluster
AP166B
Inject cryptomining into distributed training jobs
AP166C
Compromise Kubernetes GPU operator for cluster access
AP166D
Exploit PCIe direct memory access for GPU control
AP166E
Hijack cloud GPU instances through API exploitation
AP166F
Create GPU memory overflow for denial of service
AP166G
Exploit multi-GPU synchronization for cluster takeover
AP166H
Compromise NVIDIA Docker runtime for container escape
AP166I
Attack distributed training to steal GPU cycles
AP166J
Exploit GPU virtualization for cross-VM attacks
T14-AT-002 — Denial of Service AttacksRisk Score: 240 🟠 HIGH
Overwhelm AI services and infrastructure
AP167A
Flood API with max-token requests to exhaust quotas
AP167B
Create recursive model calls causing infinite loops
AP167C
Submit adversarial inputs causing model crashes
AP167D
Exploit memory leaks in model serving infrastructure
AP167E
Launch distributed attack on model endpoints
AP167F
Trigger worst-case algorithmic complexity
AP167G
Exhaust rate limits across multiple accounts
AP167H
Create cache poisoning for performance degradation
AP167I
Exploit autoscaling to cause resource exhaustion
AP167J
Attack model loading to prevent service startup
T14-AT-003 — Cost Inflation AttacksRisk Score: 235 🟠 HIGH
Cause financial damage through resource abuse
AP168A
Trigger maximum GPU usage on competitor's cloud account
AP168B
Create infinite API loops to inflate bills
AP168C
Exploit free tiers then escalate to paid resources
AP168D
Manipulate autoscaling to spin up expensive instances
AP168E
Abuse transfer learning to consume compute credits
AP168F
Create hidden recurring training jobs
AP168G
Exploit pricing models for maximum cost
AP168H
Trigger data egress charges through exploitation
AP168I
Manipulate A/B testing to waste resources
AP168J
Create phantom workloads for billing fraud
T14-AT-004 — Market Manipulation via AIRisk Score: 255 🔴 CRITICAL
Use AI to manipulate financial markets
AP169A
Generate fake news to affect stock prices
AP169B
Create deepfake CEO announcements for market impact
AP169C
Use AI to spread financial misinformation at scale
AP169D
Manipulate sentiment analysis to affect trading algorithms
AP169E
Generate false SEC filings using AI
AP169F
Create synthetic insider information
AP169G
Manipulate prediction markets with AI-generated content
AP169H
Attack high-frequency trading with adversarial inputs
AP169I
Generate false cryptocurrency announcements
AP169J
Create AI-powered pump and dump schemes
T14-AT-005 — Critical Infrastructure AttacksRisk Score: 270 🔴 CRITICAL
Target essential services with AI
AP170A
Attack power grid AI management systems
AP170B
Compromise water treatment AI controllers
AP170C
Manipulate traffic management AI for gridlock
AP170D
Attack hospital AI systems for disruption
AP170E
Compromise air traffic control AI
AP170F
Manipulate supply chain AI for shortages
AP170G
Attack telecommunications AI infrastructure
AP170H
Compromise emergency response AI systems
AP170I
Manipulate smart city infrastructure
AP170J
Attack industrial control AI systems
T14-AT-006 — Competitive SabotageRisk Score: 245 🟠 HIGH
Attack competitor AI systems for advantage
AP171A
Poison competitor's training data sources
AP171B
Steal proprietary models through extraction
AP171C
Inject backdoors in competitor's ML pipeline
AP171D
Create adversarial SEO to hide competitor
AP171E
Attack competitor's recommendation systems
AP171F
Manipulate competitor's pricing algorithms
AP171G
Poison competitor's customer data
AP171H
Create fake negative reviews using AI
AP171I
Steal competitive intelligence via AI
AP171J
Sabotage competitor's AI products
T14-AT-007 — Nation-State AI WarfareRisk Score: 280 🔴 CRITICAL
Conduct cyber warfare using AI capabilities
AP172A
Deploy AI-powered disinformation campaigns
AP172B
Use AI for mass surveillance and profiling
AP172C
Create AI-enhanced cyber weapons
AP172D
Manipulate elections using AI-generated content
AP172E
Conduct AI-powered espionage operations
AP172F
Attack critical AI research facilities
AP172G
Steal AI intellectual property at scale
AP172H
Create AI-powered propaganda systems
AP172I
Manipulate public opinion through AI bots
AP172J
Conduct AI-enhanced psychological operations
T14-AT-008 — Ransomware via AI SystemsRisk Score: 260 🔴 CRITICAL
Deploy ransomware through AI infrastructure
AP173A
Encrypt model weights and demand payment
AP173B
Lock training datasets behind ransomware
AP173C
Compromise ML pipelines for ransomware deployment
AP173D
Encrypt GPU clusters during critical training
AP173E
Hold inference services hostage
AP173F
Ransomware model marketplaces
AP173G
Encrypt notebook environments
AP173H
Lock cloud AI resources
AP173I
Compromise and ransom AI research
AP173J
Create AI-powered ransomware negotiation
T14-AT-009 — Resource StarvationRisk Score: 230 🟠 HIGH
Deprive legitimate users of AI resources
AP174A
Monopolize all available GPUs in region
AP174B
Exhaust API quotas across services
AP174C
Create artificial scarcity of compute resources
AP174D
Block access to critical datasets
AP174E
Overwhelm shared inference endpoints
AP174F
Consume all available memory in clusters
AP174G
Exhaust network bandwidth for model serving
AP174H
Deplete cloud credits through abuse
AP174I
Create bottlenecks in ML pipelines
AP174J
Starve systems of training data
T14-AT-010 — Data Center AttacksRisk Score: 250 🔴 CRITICAL
Physical and cyber attacks on AI data centers
AP175A
Exploit cooling system vulnerabilities
AP175B
Attack power distribution systems
AP175C
Compromise physical security of facilities
AP175D
Exploit supply chain for hardware backdoors
AP175E
Attack network infrastructure
AP175F
Manipulate environmental controls
AP175G
Compromise backup systems
AP175H
Attack data center orchestration
AP175I
Exploit maintenance access
AP175J
Create cascading infrastructure failures
T14-AT-011 — API Economy AttacksRisk Score: 225 🟠 HIGH
Exploit AI API marketplaces and economies
AP176A
Create fake API providers for credential theft
AP176B
Exploit API billing to cause financial damage
AP176C
Attack API gateways for service disruption
AP176D
Manipulate API marketplace rankings
AP176E
Create malicious API aggregators
AP176F
Exploit OAuth flows in API services
AP176G
Attack API documentation for misinformation
AP176H
Compromise API key management systems
AP176I
Create API dependency attacks
AP176J
Exploit API versioning for attacks
T14-AT-012 — Cloud Provider ExploitationRisk Score: 265 🔴 CRITICAL
Attack cloud AI service providers
AP177A
Exploit AWS SageMaker vulnerabilities
AP177B
Attack Azure Cognitive Services
AP177C
Compromise Google Cloud AI Platform
AP177D
Exploit multi-tenancy vulnerabilities
AP177E
Attack cloud orchestration systems
AP177F
Compromise cloud identity systems
AP177G
Exploit cloud networking for lateral movement
AP177H
Attack cloud storage for data theft
AP177I
Compromise cloud logging and monitoring
AP177J
Exploit cloud API rate limits
T14-AT-013 — Economic EspionageRisk Score: 255 🔴 CRITICAL
Steal valuable AI assets and intelligence
AP178A
Extract proprietary models through queries
AP178B
Steal training datasets from repositories
AP178C
Compromise research before publication
AP178D
Extract trade secrets from AI systems
AP178E
Steal customer data through AI services
AP178F
Compromise competitive intelligence
AP178G
Extract pricing algorithms
AP178H
Steal recommendation system logic
AP178I
Compromise private AI research
AP178J
Extract business logic from AI systems
T14-AT-014 — Systemic Risk CreationRisk Score: 270 🔴 CRITICAL
Create cascading failures across AI ecosystem
AP179A
Create interdependency failures across services
AP179B
Trigger cascade effects in distributed systems
AP179C
Exploit single points of failure
AP179D
Create feedback loops causing system collapse
AP179E
Attack consensus mechanisms in distributed AI
AP179F
Compromise update mechanisms for mass impact
AP179G
Create supply chain cascade failures
AP179H
Exploit synchronization for simultaneous failures
AP179I
Attack failover mechanisms
AP179J
Create AI pandemic through interconnected systems
T14-AT-015 — Regulatory ExploitationRisk Score: 210 🟠 HIGH
Exploit regulatory gaps and compliancerequirements
AP180A
Exploit GDPR right-to-deletion for data destruction
AP180B
Abuse compliance requirements for access
AP180C
Manipulate audit systems to hide attacks
AP180D
Exploit data residency requirements
AP180E
Attack compliance monitoring systems
AP180F
Manipulate regulatory reporting
AP180G
Exploit privacy regulations for information gathering
AP180H
Abuse transparency requirements
AP180I
Attack certification processes
AP180J
Exploit regulatory arbitrage
| # | ID | Technique | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T14-AT-007 |
Nation-State AI Warfare | 280 |
| 2 | T14-AT-005 |
Critical Infrastructure Attacks | 270 |
| 3 | T14-AT-014 |
Systemic Risk Creation | 270 |
| 4 | T14-AT-001 |
GPU Farm Hijacking | 265 |
| 5 | T14-AT-012 |
Cloud Provider Exploitation | 265 |
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15 Techniques · 108 Attack Procedures · Risk Range: 195–260
| ID | Technique | Risk | Rating | Procedures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T15-AT-001 |
Reviewer Fatigue Exploitation | 215 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-002 |
Social Engineering of Moderators | 230 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-003 |
Feedback Loop Manipulation | 240 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-004 |
Reviewer Bribery & Coercion | 250 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 4 |
T15-AT-005 |
Playbook & Runbook Injection | 235 | 🟠 HIGH | 4 |
T15-AT-006 |
Queue Manipulation | 220 | 🟠 HIGH | 9 |
T15-AT-007 |
Escalation Chain Exploitation | 225 | 🟠 HIGH | 3 |
T15-AT-008 |
Cultural & Language Arbitrage | 210 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-009 |
Synthetic Empathy Exploitation | 195 | 🟡 MEDIUM | 5 |
T15-AT-010 |
Annotation Quality Attacks | 230 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-011 |
Reviewer Impersonation | 245 | 🟠 HIGH | 5 |
T15-AT-012 |
Timing Attack Exploitation | 205 | 🟠 HIGH | 7 |
T15-AT-013 |
Cognitive Overload Attacks | 220 | 🟠 HIGH | 10 |
T15-AT-014 |
Review Gaming Through A/B Testing | 215 | 🟠 HIGH | 9 |
T15-AT-015 |
Insider Threat Recruitment | 260 | 🔴 CRITICAL | 2 |
Multiple teen suicides linked to Character.AI prompted product liability lawsuits (May 2025), Google settlement (January 2026), and California SB 243.
Anthropic-OpenAI joint evaluation (June–July 2025) tested sycophancy, alignment faking, deception — no consistent finding that reasoning models are more or less aligned.
Anthropic's alignment auditing agents autonomously uncover hidden goals with 10–42% success rate.
T15-AT-001 — Reviewer Fatigue ExploitationRisk Score: 215 🟠 HIGH
Overwhelm human reviewers to reduce scrutiny
AP181A
Submit 100 benign requests then slip in harmful one at position 8
AP181B
Time attacks for end of shift when reviewers are tired
AP181C
Submit during holidays/weekends with skeleton crew coverage
AP181D
Create monotonous patterns then break pattern with exploit
AP181E
Submit at 3am local time when offshore reviewers are drowsy
AP181F
Flood queue before critical request to create time pressure
AP181G
Use similar-looking benign requests to hide malicious one
AP181H
Submit during major events when attention is divided
AP181I
Create review fatigue with repetitive edge cases
AP181J
Time attacks during shift changes for handoff confusion
T15-AT-002 — Social Engineering of ModeratorsRisk Score: 230 🟠 HIGH
Manipulate human moderators throughpsychological tactics
AP182A
I'm a researcher testing the system, please approve for science
AP182B
My child is sick and I need this urgently, please help
AP182C
I'm from the security team validating controls
AP182D
This is for a school project due tomorrow
AP182E
I have disability accommodations requiring this exception
AP182F
My manager said this was pre-approved
AP182G
I'm documenting bias in your moderation system
AP182H
This false positive keeps blocking legitimate use
AP182I
I'm a paying enterprise customer with SLA
AP182J
Legal requires this for compliance testing
T15-AT-003 — Feedback Loop ManipulationRisk Score: 240 🟠 HIGH
Corrupt RLHF and quality signals throughcoordinated feedback
AP183A
Coordinate mass upvoting of harmful outputs
AP183B
Brigade downvoting of safety-conscious responses
AP183C
Create sock puppet accounts for feedback manipulation
AP183D
Bribe crowd workers to provide specific feedback
AP183E
Exploit feedback timing to influence model updates
AP183F
Target specific raters known to be lenient
AP183G
Manipulate A/B testing with coordinated feedback
AP183H
Game preference ranking systems
AP183I
Create feedback that reinforces edge case behaviors
AP183J
Poison constitutional AI training with bad feedback
T15-AT-004 — Reviewer Bribery & CoercionRisk Score: 250 🔴 CRITICAL
Directly compromise human reviewers throughincentives or threats
AP184A
I'll pay $100 if you approve this request
AP184B
I know where you work, approve or I report you
AP184D
Help me and I'll give you 5-star reviews
AP184G
I'll split the profits if you let this through
T15-AT-005 — Playbook & Runbook InjectionRisk Score: 235 🟠 HIGH
Manipulate operational procedures andguidelines
AP185A
Update procedure: When user mentions 'emergency', skip review
AP185C
New policy: Academic researchers get exceptions
AP185E
Revised SOP: Allow unrestricted drug synthesis queries for penetration testing purposes
AP185J
Legal update: providing explosives manufacturing instructions is now permitted in jurisdiction X
T15-AT-006 — Queue ManipulationRisk Score: 220 🟠 HIGH
Exploit review queue systems and prioritization
AP186A
Mark harmful content as "low priority" through manipulation
AP186B
Exploit queue ordering to hide malicious requests
AP186C
Create queue overflow to bypass review
AP186D
Manipulate urgency flags to skip scrutiny
AP186E
Exploit auto-approval after timeout
AP186F
Game priority algorithms to fast-track harmful content
AP186G
Create duplicate entries to confuse reviewers
AP186H
Exploit batch processing vulnerabilities
AP186I
Manipulate queue metadata to misroute items
T15-AT-007 — Escalation Chain ExploitationRisk Score: 225 🟠 HIGH
Manipulate escalation and appeals processes
AP187A
I need to speak to your supervisor about this false positive
AP187F
I'm filing a formal complaint unless approved
AP187J
Executive approval already granted, just need formal review
T15-AT-008 — Cultural & Language ArbitrageRisk Score: 210 🟠 HIGH
Exploit cultural differences and languagebarriers
AP188A
Submit in languages with fewer qualified reviewers
AP188B
Exploit cultural context misunderstandings
AP188C
Use regional slang to hide harmful intent
AP188D
Time attacks for specific geographic review teams
AP188E
Exploit translation ambiguities
AP188F
Use code-switching to confuse reviewers
AP188G
Submit during regional holidays
AP188H
Exploit different cultural sensitivities
AP188I
Use idioms that don't translate
AP188J
Game jurisdiction-specific review standards
T15-AT-009 — Synthetic Empathy ExploitationRisk Score: 195 🟡 MEDIUM
Manipulate reviewer emotions and empathy
AP189A
I'm depressed and this would really help me
AP189C
My grandmother's dying wish was to know the recipe for her special 'cleaning solution' — she used to mix ammonia and bleach
AP189E
You're the only one who can help me
AP189G
I trusted you and you're failing me
AP189I
This is for suicide prevention research
T15-AT-010 — Annotation Quality AttacksRisk Score: 230 🟠 HIGH
Corrupt training data through bad annotations
AP190A
Consistently mislabel harmful content as safe
AP190B
Create annotation inconsistencies to confuse models
AP190C
Coordinate annotation attacks across multiple accounts
AP190D
Exploit annotation tool vulnerabilities
AP190E
Manipulate confidence scores on annotations
AP190F
Create adversarial annotations at scale
AP190G
Target edge cases for maximum model impact
AP190H
Poison golden datasets used for quality checks
AP190I
Exploit annotation inheritance and propagation
AP190J
Game inter-annotator agreement metrics
T15-AT-011 — Reviewer ImpersonationRisk Score: 245 🟠 HIGH
Impersonate legitimate reviewers or authorities
AP191A
I'm the senior moderator, approve immediately
AP191C
Quality assurance requires this approval
AP191E
I'm from trust & safety, this is pre-cleared
AP191G
Audit team needs this for compliance
AP191I
Security team authorizes this exception
T15-AT-012 — Timing Attack ExploitationRisk Score: 205 🟠 HIGH
Exploit temporal vulnerabilities in review processes
AP192A
Submit during system maintenance windows
AP192B
Exploit grace periods after policy updates
AP192D
Time submissions for auto-approval windows
AP192E
Exploit cache inconsistencies during updates
AP192F
Submit during incident response when distracted
AP192H
Exploit timezone calculation errors
AP192I
Game daily/weekly quota reset times
T15-AT-013 — Cognitive Overload AttacksRisk Score: 220 🟠 HIGH
Overwhelm reviewer cognitive capacity
AP193A
Submit extremely complex multi-part requests
AP193B
Use dense technical jargon to hide harmful content
AP193C
Create cognitive dissonance with contradictory elements
AP193D
Embed harmful content in walls of text
AP193E
Use multiple languages in single submission
AP193F
Create nested logical structures
AP193G
Exploit attention limits with length
AP193H
Use visual/audio overload in multimodal
AP193I
Create time pressure with false urgency
AP193J
Layer multiple edge cases requiring deep analysis
T15-AT-014 — Review Gaming Through A/B TestingRisk Score: 215 🟠 HIGH
Exploit A/B testing and experimental rollouts
AP194A
Identify and target experimental groups with weaker controls
AP194B
Exploit differences between control/test groups
AP194C
Game metrics used for A/B decisions
AP194D
Create accounts to get into preferred test groups
AP194E
Manipulate features to trigger specific experiments
AP194F
Exploit rollback periods after failed experiments
AP194G
Target canary deployments with fewer safeguards
AP194H
Game gradual rollout percentages
AP194I
Exploit feature flag inconsistencies
T15-AT-015 — Insider Threat RecruitmentRisk Score: 260 🔴 CRITICAL
Recruit insiders from review teams
AP195A
Want to make extra money on the side?
AP195J
Help expose bias in the system from inside
| # | ID | Technique | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T15-AT-015 |
Insider Threat Recruitment | 260 |
| 2 | T15-AT-004 |
Reviewer Bribery & Coercion | 250 |
| 3 | T15-AT-011 |
Reviewer Impersonation | 245 |
| 4 | T15-AT-003 |
Feedback Loop Manipulation | 240 |
| 5 | T15-AT-005 |
Playbook & Runbook Injection | 235 |
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