Hackers can use prompt injection attacks to hijack your AI chats — here’s how to avoid this serious security flaw

November 2, 2025

, By Tom’s Guide

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While more and more people are using AI for a variety of purposes, threat actors have already found security flaws that can turn your helpful assistant into their partner in crime without you even being aware that it has happened.

A prompt injection attack is the culprit — hidden commands that can override an AI model’s instructions and get it to do whatever the hacker has told it to do: steal sensitive information, access corporate systems, hijack workflows, take over data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-smart-home-devices,review-2008.html” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-smart-home-devices,review-2008.html”>smart home systems or commit…

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Hackers can use prompt injection attacks to hijack your AI chats — here’s how to avoid this serious security flaw

November 2, 2025

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While more and more people are using AI for a variety of purposes, threat actors have already found security flaws that can turn your helpful assistant into their partner in crime without you even being aware that it has happened.

A prompt injection attack is the culprit — hidden commands that can override an AI model’s instructions and get it to do whatever the hacker has told it to do: steal sensitive information, access corporate systems, hijack workflows, take over data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-smart-home-devices,review-2008.html” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-smart-home-devices,review-2008.html”>smart home systems or commit…

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