UK cybersecurity agency warns of chatbot ‘prompt injection’ attacks

Scams and data thefts could be caused by individuals overriding chatbot scripts, NCSC says

The UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned that chatbots can be manipulated by hackers to cause scary real-world consequences.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said there are growing cybersecurity risks of individuals manipulating the prompts through “prompt injection” attacks.

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