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Hackers Tricked a Major Retailer’s AI Shopping Bot to Do Something It Was Never Supposed To
At the cybersecurity conference Black Hat, researchers showed how an AI assistant at one of America’s largest retailers could be tricked…
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At the cybersecurity conference Black Hat, researchers showed how an AI assistant at one of America’s largest retailers could be tricked into following hidden instructions and exposing sensitive system information. At Black Hat USA 2026, researchers Netanel Rubin and Dan Avraham presented their findings on an AI shopping assistant used by a major US retailer. Black Hat It started with avocados and ended with sensitive information being leaked.
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