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SECSEC-001 — Model Security Vulnerabilities

Training Data Poisoning Introduces Hidden Backdoors in Large Language Models

4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —

Executive Summary

Adversaries can corrupt internet-sourced training data to embed backdoors that activate silently at inference time, compromising model integrity. Organisations deploying LLMs trained on unverified data face material risk of undisclosed vulnerabilities exploitable without detection.

Domain

Security & Privacy

Blindspots in model security, data poisoning, privacy leakage, infrastructure, model theft, and incident response.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Foundational Challenges in Assuring Alignment and Safety of Large Language Models (Anwar2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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