subservient ghostface: Your Smart Speaker Could Be Recording Your Credit Card Info – New Warning for Shoppers
Stop what you’re doing. That helpful voice assistant you’ve been using to order pizza, check your bank balance, and turn off your lights might be a financial nightmare hiding in your kitchen. Cybersecurity experts are issuing a new warning about what they’re calling a ‘subservient ghostface’ attack—where your smart speaker acts like your loyal assistant, but secretly logs your payment information and sends it to hackers. For you, this means every “Alexa, order my usual” could be a direct hit to your wallet. If you’ve ever saved a credit card on a smart device, unlink it now. Check your recent purchase history for anything you didn’t authorize, because this digital butler is taking a bigger tip than you planned.