Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers

Ever wondered what would happen if Burger King left the keys to the kingdom lying around for anyone to use? Ethical hackers did - and uncovered drive-thru recordings, hard-coded passwords, and even the power to open a Whopper outlet on the moon.

Meanwhile, over in Silicon Valley, one AI wunderkind managed to turn a $7 million payday into a career-ending lawsuit by allegedly walking trade secrets straight out the door as he jumped ship for a rival.

All this and much more is discussed in episode 434 of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast with computer security veteran Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Lianne Potter. Hear them they chew over catastrophic fast-food security, insider threats with extra fries, and why even the biggest brains in AI can't stop themselves from doing something utterly stupid.

EPISODE LINKS:

• We Hacked Burger King: How Authentication Bypass Led to Drive-Thru Audio Surveillance - Internet archive wayback machine.
• DMCA notice - Bobdahacker.
• xAI sues former engineer, alleging he stole trade secrets after being paid $7M - San Francisco Standard.
• xAI vs Xuechen Li - Court documents.
• Classic Reload.
• Digger - Classic Reload.
• Kingdom of Kroz - Classic Reload.
• The Bad Movie Bible - YouTube.
• Shark Attack 3: Megalodon - YouTube.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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