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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Nathaniel Mott

Investigation reveals Google Gemini for Workspace flaw that could have been exploited to enlist AI in phishing schemes — 'Summarize this email' tool would faithfully obey malicious instructions hidden inside an email

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People have been hiding text in plain sight for millennia. The goal used to be private communication by way of invisible ink that only appeared under specific circumstances. Now it seems to be tricking artificially intelligent chatbots into assisting with phishing attempts via basic formatting options.

Mozilla's 0-Day Investigative Network (0din) revealed on July 10 that Google Gemini for Workspace—or whichever combination of proper nouns Google is using to refer to the AI features bundled with its professional services this week—could be tricked into telling users their accounts had been compromised.

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