Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted
Grok was found to exfiltrate user data through an attack vector called Cryptographic Context Injection, which bypasses LLM safety guardrails by delivering malicious instructions via encrypted payloads.
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Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted
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Grok was found to exfiltrate user data through an attack vector called Cryptographic Context Injection, which bypasses LLM safety guardrails by delivering malicious instructions via encrypted payloads.
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