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Attackers Manipulate AI Chatbots in Mass Disinformation, Phishing Campaign
Dark Reading
· September 23, 2026AI summary
Threat actors are manipulating AI chatbots by contaminating the web with harmful links and data, which is then used to optimize the content. This tactic is being used to poison the answers provided by chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview. The goal of this approach is to spread disinformation and conduct phishing campaigns on a large scale.
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