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Top AI tools such as OpenClaw and Github Copilot can be hijacked to create new massive botnets

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Top AI tools such as OpenClaw and Github Copilot can be hijacked to create new massive botnets
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AI hallucination can be weaponized, new report warnsHalluSquatting is short for “adversarial hallucination squatting”GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenClaw are all affectedYour favorite AI service could be subverted to deploy code that turns your phone or PC into a botnet, according to researchers at Intuit, Technion, and Tel Aviv University. The technique has been given the name HalluSquatting, a portmanteau of adversarial hallucination squatting, and is similar to typosquatting in that it re

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