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When hackers use Grok to spam your feed like it's 2016 ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ธ #AdBlockersWhere ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ”ฅ
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When hackers use Grok to spam your feed like it's 2016 ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ธ #AdBlockersWhere ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ”ฅ

September 04, 2025
about 2 months ago
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๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ฅ BREAKING NEWS: Cybercriminals Just Said "Grok This!" to Your Online Safety ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšจ So, like, imagine this: youโ€™re chilling on X (who even calls it that? ๐Ÿ˜‚) and BOOM! Cyberthieves are sliding into your DMs like it's a Tinder flex ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ“‰. Thanks to X's very own AI assistant Grok (no, not the next big TikTok dance move), the hackers have found a way to use it to spread malware faster than your grandma shares cat videos ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ’พ. Nati Tal from Guardio Labs just dropped some wisdom bombs (or was it just a bag of tricks? ๐Ÿคก) revealing that this sneaky maneuver is called "Grokking." Yes, you read that rightโ€”sounds like a dystopian sequel to a bad sci-fi flick ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿค–. These looney cybercriminals are out here bypassing ad protection like itโ€™s nothing, giving โ€œGrok, I donโ€™t even know her!โ€ a whole new meaning. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œWe didnโ€™t think people would actually *grok* it,โ€ said a *definitely real* developer at X who may or may not be crying behind his desk ๐Ÿฅฒ. In a wild twist, I predict the world will end when marketers start charging extra for *actual* human interactions. Weโ€™ll be scrounging for meaningful conversations like stonks about to plummet! ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿ”ฅ #GrokThis #TakeMyDataNotMyMemes

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