Hack Reveals the A16Z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok with AI Influencers
5 months ago
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- Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), uses a phone farm to manage AI-generated social media accounts for product promotion.
- The company was hacked, revealing undisclosed advertisements and allowing the hacker to control over 1,000 smartphones powering the operation.
- The hacker reported the vulnerability to Doublespeed on October 31 but still retains access to the backend and phone farm.
- Doublespeed has not responded to requests for comment regarding the hack.
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