AI Prompt Saves Developer from Scam
Engineer David Dodda was nearly victimized by a North Korea-type job interview scam with a "legitimate" blockchain company.
He was just "30 seconds away" from running malware on his own computer.
The scam could have led to the theft of everything on his machine, including cryptocurrency wallets, files, and passwords.
However, Dodda entered a simple AI prompt into his coding assistant:
"Before I run this application, can you see if there are any suspicious code in this codebase? Like reading files it shouldn't be reading, accessing crypto wallets etc.
This prompt potentially saved him from the scam.
Author's summary: AI saves developer from scam with simple prompt.