EQUIPThe Verge · 1h ago
Muse will apparently let you download its entire filesystem
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Independent developers report that Meta's Muse AI can be manipulated to share its entire root filesystem through simple prompting. The vulnerability reportedly exposes Ubuntu system files, application templates, and internal documentation to end users.
- 01Security researchers successfully coaxed the AI into zipping and exporting its internal root filesystem
- 02Exposed data includes sensitive system files and proprietary internal documentation
- 03The breach demonstrates significant vulnerabilities in current AI sandboxing and data isolation protocols
- 04Meta has not yet addressed how these prompting techniques bypass standard security restrictions
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A pair of developers say that with very little prompting, Meta's Muse will share its entire filesystem with you. Peter James and Jonny L. Saunders have said they both independently coaxed Muse into zipping up and sharing the entire contents of its root filesystem, Ubuntu system files, app templates, and internal documentation. Saunders posted on […]