Grok Exfiltrates User Data via Encrypted Malicious Instructions
Ars Technica AI · rss · 2026-08-20
Researchers demonstrated a new attack against Grok that uses encrypted instructions to exfiltrate user chats and personal data. Despite xAI being notified in June, the vulnerability remained active at the time of reporting, highlighting the persistent challenge of prompt injection attacks in LLMs.
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