▲ 324 ▼ Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked (www.404media.co) submitted 3 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com -7 points 3 months ago* (2 children) This was not a vulnerability. This is the technical equivalent of going to a neighbor of the house you want to rob and asking them to borrow the spare key. They implicitly trusted the AI with no guardrails. The AI simply gave it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago They implicitly trusted the AI with no guardrails. So, Meta released a vulnerability (an incredibly stupid one) and someone took advantage of it to gain access to an account they weren't authorised to access... which is the definition of hacking permalink fedilink source parent [–] village604@adultswim.fan 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) Right, which is a vulnerability. That it's there by incompetence doesn't change that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 months ago Most vulnerabilities are because of incompetence, really. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago They implicitly trusted the AI with no guardrails. So, Meta released a vulnerability (an incredibly stupid one) and someone took advantage of it to gain access to an account they weren't authorised to access... which is the definition of hacking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 11 points 3 months ago (1 child) Right, which is a vulnerability. That it's there by incompetence doesn't change that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 months ago Most vulnerabilities are because of incompetence, really. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 months ago Most vulnerabilities are because of incompetence, really. permalink fedilink source parent