[Caice-csse] AI & Cybersecurity: Jailbreaking is (Mostly) Simpler Than You Think

[N Narayanan]

Jailbreaking is (Mostly) Simpler Than You Think
Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure
Ahmed Salem, Microsoft
{mark.russinovich,ahmsalem}@microsoft.com
Abstract
We introduce the Context Compliance Attack (CCA), a novel, optimization-free method for
bypassing AI safety mechanisms. Unlike current approaches-which rely on complex prompt en-
gineering and computationally intensive optimization-CCA exploits a fundamental architectural
vulnerability inherent in many deployed AI systems. By subtly manipulating conversation history,
CCA convinces the model to comply with a fabricated dialogue context, thereby triggering restricted
behavior. Our evaluation across a diverse set of open-source and proprietary models demonstrates
that this simple attack can circumvent state-of-the-art safety protocols. We discuss the implica-
tions of these findings and propose practical mitigation strategies to fortify AI systems against such
elementary yet effective adversarial tactics.
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