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.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Smashing Security #434:
Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers
Host:
Graham Cluley:
@grahamcluley.com
@
/ grahamcluley
Guest:
Lianne Potter
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.
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