Meta company has strengthened safety warnings within its intelligent assistant Muse, after discovering a security vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to access sensitive personal information belonging to users, according to what Reuters reported, citing a report published by The Information.
According to the report, a security researcher discovered the vulnerability Report them through Meta's bug bounty program. The problem was related to the virtual environment assigned to each user, which Muse relies on to perform various tasks.
Muse can perform a range of tasks on behalf of the user, such as shopping and booking Trips, sending emails and making some payments, which makes data protection a fundamental element of the service design.
Reuters noted that Meta did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the report, while the use of the application has increased rapidly since its launch. It topped the lists of free applications in the United States and Canada within a short period.
This incident comes at a time when technology companies are seeking to develop artificial intelligence agents capable of carrying out real tasks on behalf of users, which increases the importance of privacy and security issues. Cyber.
