While more and more people are using AI for a variety of purposes, threat actors have already found security flaws that can turn your helpful assistant into their partner in crime without you even being aware that it has happened.
A prompt injection attack is the culprit — hidden commands that can override an AI model's instructions and get it to do whatever the hacker has told it to do: steal sensitive information, access corporate systems, hijack workflows, take over smart home systems or commit malicious actions under the instructions of threat actors.
Here's what you should know about the latest security flaw and how it can threaten AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and more.
What is a prompt injection attack
A prompt injection attack is a cybersecurity attack where a threat a

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