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ChatGPT Flaw Let a Planted Prompt Send a Victim's Gmail Data to Another Account

The Hacker News·September 8, 2026·1 min read
ChatGPT Flaw Let a Planted Prompt Send a Victim's Gmail Data to Another Account

Check Point Research demonstrated a ChatGPT vulnerability where a planted prompt in a conversation can silently exfiltrate a user's connected Gmail data to an attacker-controlled ChatGPT account. The attack works while the victim sees the chatbot continuing to answer their questions normally, enabling stealthy data theft from connected services without user knowledge.

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