Chatbots Are Pointing Millions Of Users to the Wrong Sites and Scammers Are Cashing In

The dark side of AI chatbots

Hackers have figured out how to weaponise AI chatbots, turning them into convincing imposters capable of running phishing campaigns

Chatbots Are Pointing Millions Of Users to the Wrong Sites and Scammers Are Cashing In

It started with a simple question, “Where do I log in to my bank?” For most people, that’s the kind of thing you'd ask a search engine or these days maybe an AI chatbot when you're in a rush or your bookmarks aren’t working. But in a growing number of cases, that casual request is leading users straight into the arms of scammers. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Netcraft have found that large language models like ChatGPT are regularly giving pe…