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CrowdStrike Announces $100,000 International AI Security Challenge
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Fusion42 · 5 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
CrowdStrike launches a $100,000 global AI security challenge, in partnership with AWS, to educate and train defenders on securing AI agents against real-world attack techniques like prompt injection and agent hijacking.
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You face a new security frontier as AI agents act autonomously and can be manipulated in breach scenarios. This challenge hands you a rare chance to rehearse these threats and build skills that traditional security training misses.
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