Hacker Finds Vulnerability In Mr Robot Website
It was 4am in London on Tuesday morning when a leet white hat hacker going by the name Zemnmez found the flaw on the new website for Mr Robot, the hit USA Network show. It could have given him an easy way to pwn fans of the show, tricking them into giving over much of their Facebook FB -0.81% information. But, shortly after a quick note to Mr Robot writer Sam Esmail, the vulnerability was closed off.
The vulnerability, known as a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw, was found on the same day Mr Robot kicked off a promo campaign for the second series, airing on July 13th. It was an impressive launch, including a clip of President Obama apparently condemning a (thankfully fictional) destructive attack launched on the US financial system at the end of the first series, and a website, whoismrrobot.com, mimicking a mix of Linux command line and IRC chat. The series had already received praise for its relatively accurate portrayal of hacking, something other shows and films have failed at miserably.
