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It isn't written for humans

2025-12-11 17:25:16.336539+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

ZD Net: Scammers are poisoning AI search results to steer you straight into their traps - here's how AI tools like Google AI Overview and Perplexity Comet are being tricked into suggesting scam support numbers.

According to new research, published by Aurascape's Aura Labs on Dec. 8, threat actors are "systematically manipulating public web content" in what the team has dubbed large language model (LLM) phone number poisoning.

Via ResearchBuzz, who draws the connection to all of the hacked Wordpress sites that she's found.

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