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Teen hacker uses AI bot to breach Microsoft database with 17 trillion records

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A teenage hacker, known as Faav, discovered a significant vulnerability in Microsoft's internal Titan analytics platform. Utilizing a custom AI bot named Antares for automated scanning and persistence, Faav bypassed inadequate JWT token validation to access a database containing 17 trillion rows of data, including 25,000 employee records. Microsoft awarded Faav a $5,000 bug bounty for reporting the issue, which highlighted the combined power of AI automation and human intuition in uncovering security flaws. AI

IMPACT Highlights the increasing role of AI in both discovering and potentially exploiting security vulnerabilities.

RANK_REASON The article describes a security vulnerability and its exploitation, which falls under the 'tool' category as it pertains to the misuse of technology.

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Teen hacker uses AI bot to breach Microsoft database with 17 trillion records

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Bruno Ferreira ·

    Teenager hacks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts

    Teenager cracks open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts — lack of JWT token validation yields a fruitful trove

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