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Grok Hack Explained: How Prompt Injection Drained Nearly $200K

Summary by Memeburn
Grok Was Tricked in a $200K Exploit Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, was recently tricked into approving a crypto transaction through a public reply on X. The hacker did not hack the wallet or steal a private key. Instead, they used a hidden Morse code message inside a reply to make Grok send instructions to Bankrbot. Within seconds, nearly $200K worth of crypto was drained from Grok’s auto-created wallet. Here’s how it happene…
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Memeburn broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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