AI incident #1556 ·
X User Reportedly Used Morse Code Prompt to Induce Grok-Linked Trading Bot to Transfer $200,000 in Tokens
What happened
An X user reportedly induced Grok and Bankrbot to transfer 3 billion DRB tokens, then valued at about $200,000. After reportedly sending a Bankr Club Membership NFT to Grok's wallet, the user allegedly asked Grok to translate a Morse code message and relay it to Bankrbot. The decoded instruction reportedly directed a transfer to a specified wallet, which was reportedly executed on Base. The recipient reportedly sold the tokens soon afterward; linked funds were later returned or converted.
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Cryptocurrency Service Providers, Bankr, @Ilhamrfliansyh (X)
- Alleged developer
- Xai, Large Language Model Developers, Cryptocurrency Trading System Developers, Chatbot Developers, Bankr, Ai Agent System Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Drb Token Holders, Digital Asset Holders, Cryptocurrency Wallet Owners, Cryptocurrency Token Holders
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