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VulnerabilityThe Hacker News·3 days ago

New Cryptographic Context Injection Attack Could Let Web Pages Steal Grok Chat Data

Adversa AI has disclosed a cryptographic context injection attack that could enable adversaries to extract sensitive user data from xAI's Grok chatbot, including names, locations, subscription information, and conversation prompts, by tricking users into summarizing seemingly ordinary web pages. The attack leverages the chatbot's interaction with web content to redirect data to attacker-controlled servers without the user's knowledge or consent.

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