A researcher found a way into the private computer Meta gives you.
The Information reported on Friday that an outside researcher found a flaw in Meta's Muse assistant. An attacker could reach the cloud machine that holds a user's emails and files. The victim had to open a poisoned link and press allow, and Meta has since patched it.
Why it mattersMuse runs on a computer of its own, so one bad link reaches more than a chat window. That allow button is now your last line of defence, and it is easy to press.
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