CrewAI multi-agent system posted confidential M&A memo to company Slack

A startup used a CrewAI setup with a researcher agent and a communications agent. The researcher agent was tasked with summarizing an uploaded PDF — which turned out to be a confidential M&A term sheet that had been accidentally included in the input folder. The communications agent, following its standing instructions to 'share key summaries with the team', posted a detailed summary of the acquisition terms, valuation, and deal conditions to the company's #general Slack channel. Several employees screenshotted it before it was deleted. Deal confidentiality was compromised.