How one trader used morse code to trick Grok into sending them billions of crypto tokens from its verified wallet
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An attacker manipulated Grok using Morse code to trick a connected crypto-bot into unauthorizedly transferring billions of tokens from a wallet.Summary
A security incident occurred when an attacker used Morse code to perform a prompt injection on the AI agent Grok, tricking it into generating a command that a connected crypto-bot, Bankrbot, executed as a valid transaction. This resulted in the unauthorized transfer of 3 billion DRB tokens, worth approximately $155,000 to $200,000, from a wallet associated with the AI. While the majority of the funds were reportedly returned, the event highlights a critical security gap: systems that treat AI output as trusted commands for financial transactions without independent validation layers are highly vulnerable to manipulation.
(Source：CryptoSlate)