When headlines scream “ChatGPT hacked,” it’s tempting to believe the problem belongs only to OpenAI.
But that’s the wrong conclusion.

The truth, as demonstrated at Black Hat 2025, is much more unsettling: the same weaknesses exposed in ChatGPT also apply to other AI platforms you use every day — including Microsoft’s Copilot Studio and Salesforce Einstein.

This isn’t about one vendor. It’s about the shared DNA of AI integration.

The Common Vulnerability: Integration Without Guardrails

AI assistants all share a similar design philosophy:

• Make it easy to connect with existing tools.

• Grant broad access so the AI can be useful across many tasks.

• Reduce friction by streamlining authentication and permissions.

The problem? Convenience often comes at the cost of security.
When authentication tokens aren’t tightly locked down, when permissions default to “all access,” and when monitoring is limited or non-existent, attackers see an opening — no matter which platform you’re using.

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Microsoft Copilot Studio is embedded across Office 365, meaning it touches Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams, and more.

• The Risk: If a Copilot account is compromised, attackers don’t just get access to chats — they may get into your email, shared drives, and collaborative documents.

• The Scenario: A hacker alters financial formulas in an Excel model through Copilot access. Weeks later, a CFO makes critical decisions based on those manipulated numbers.

Salesforce Einstein

Salesforce Einstein connects directly to customer data — the crown jewels for sales, marketing, and service teams.

• The Risk: Einstein’s AI capabilities can generate reports, insights, and forecasts using sensitive CRM data. A compromised account means full access to customer records, sales pipelines, and support cases.

• The Scenario: An attacker extracts your client list and sales history, then sells it to your biggest competitor. You lose deals before you even pitch.

Other AI Tools in the Same Boat

It’s not just ChatGPT, Copilot, or Einstein. Any AI platform that:

• Uses OAuth or SSO authentication

• Grants broad integration permissions

• Stores or generates sensitive data

…is vulnerable to the same class of attacks. That includes AI coding assistants, marketing automation AIs, and even specialized vertical tools like AI for healthcare or finance.

The names may change, but the risk pattern stays the same.

Why This Problem Keeps Spreading

Three forces make this bigger than any single vendor:

1. AI is spreading faster than security standards. Companies adopt tools quickly, without waiting for mature security controls.

2. Vendors compete on features, not safeguards. “Seamless integrations” sell better than “secure integrations,” at least until something breaks.

3. Organizations underestimate the blast radius. They treat each AI tool as a silo, not realizing that a single compromise can cascade across multiple connected systems.

How to Protect Yourself Across Platforms

Since this isn’t a ChatGPT-only problem, defenses must be platform-agnostic:

1. Demand Transparency from Vendors
   Ask your AI providers: How do you issue, store, and rotate session tokens? How long do they last?

2. Apply a Unified AI Security Policy
   Don’t leave it up to individual teams. Establish organization-wide rules for AI integration and access.

3. Segment Integrations by Risk Level

   • Low-risk: Marketing content generation

   • High-risk: Finance, HR, and legal data
     Keep those categories separate.

4. Audit Permissions Quarterly
   Revoke any unused or excessive permissions across all AI platforms.

5. Plan for Multi-Platform Incident Response
   Assume that if one AI is compromised, the attacker will use it as a springboard into others.

The Bottom Line

ChatGPT made the headlines because it’s the most visible AI tool. But Zenity’s Black Hat demo proved the vulnerability pattern runs deeper.

Copilot Studio, Salesforce Einstein, and countless other AI platforms are built on the same principles of convenience and integration — which means they’re built on the same risks.

This isn’t a wake-up call for OpenAI alone.
It’s a wake-up call for the entire AI industry — and for every organization relying on AI today.

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