#ethical-hacking

#ethical-hacking

Valentina Palmiotti, better known as Chompie, was the most successful individual at the annual Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin. She told BBC News that, for now, AI tools were helping her to win “bug bounties” - money given to hackers who spot vulnerabilities in online systems before they can be exploited by cyber-criminals. But she said systems like Mythos were so powerful that even champion hackers like her would soon struggle to compete with them.

In 2017, Rasnab gained access to the Amsterdam club's ticketing system, which was then operated in collaboration with Eventim. Through that system, he was able to view personal data of fans and employees, including data on club icon Sjaak Swart.

I got a rush from feeling challenged. The computer would say 'No', and I would think, 'Well, we'll see'. In his own words it was more a case of Rage Against the Machine than simply Stayin' Alive.

By framing the interaction as a guessing game, the researcher exploited the AI's logic flow to produce sensitive data.