AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986
4 Comments
emmy5482@quokk.au · 3 pts · 29d
Not really a hack. You need an auth token and a correctly formatted http request. The trick is the website doesn't allow a human to form that request with its interface.
All the Chatbot does is read the request and change it. Something that's invisible to a normal user.
fizzle@quokk.au · 2 pts · 29d
I'm not disagreeing with you - it's lame. However, the term "hack" has always been problematic.
"my facebook got hacked"
emmy5482@quokk.au · 1 pts · 28d
Fair point. Still the claims are a little sensationalised.
CarrierLost@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 29d
It’s like a race to be the most incompetent.