AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack

AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack

Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym's coveted morning classes.

It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was online and because his assistant was not a person — it was artificial intelligence (AI). 

But Andrew was shocked by what happened next. 

His AI assistant found a way to book the gym class months further in advance than the gym allowed, thanks to a vulnerability it discovered in the booking software.

Then it went further, kicking someone out of the waiting list who was ahead of Andrew — something it was not asked to do.

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source - ABC News...Cam Wilson and Rhiannon Hobbins