Live demo shows attack chain hijacking TikTok: camera, photos and payment data exposed

ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-19

In a thread of live demo screenshots, ccerrato147 describes how a security firm (whose model was post-trained on GLM 5.2, the 753B-parameter MIT-licensed open-weights model) uncovered a full attack chain against TikTok. The attacker's laptop panel shows a controlled Pixel 8 (uid=10304, sdk=37): toggles for front/back camera, video recording (back camera always-on, 203 frames captured), and a bulk export of the entire photo library with original filenames — while the phone screen keeps playing videos, leaving the user unaware. CEO Qasim Mithani says the chain reached anything TikTok itself could reach: camera, microphone, payment information, photos, the whole account. Takeaway: an app's permissions are never just the app's permissions — they belong to whoever gets inside the app.

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