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The Vercel Breach Explains Why Identity Attack Path Management Can’t Wait

infospecteropsPublished 2026-04-21

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<ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Vercel was breached after an employee connected an AI tool (Context.ai) to their corporate Google Workspace via OAuth. When Context.ai was compromised, that trust relations

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Original source: https://specterops.io/blog/2026/04/21/the-vercel-breach-explains-why-identity-attack-path-management-cant-wait/