Do you remember the TV series Mr. Robot? It was one hacking TV show of 2015 and apparently the second season is set to return to American television on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
However, the new promotional website for series two of Mr. Robot fixed recently as it contained a security hole that allowed hackers to target the show's millions of fans.
A white hat hacker using the alias Zemnmez discovered a vulnerability Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Mr. Robot, the day the series officials started the promo for the second part.
Let's say the second season of the TV show has already received praise from critics and viewers for accurately portraying cyber-security and piracy, something other cyber ranges have failed to show.
The new series also features an unexpected guest: US President Barack Obama appears to be talking about a cyber threat faced by the nation.
The security hole Zemnmez discovered in the series' website could allow hackers to run malicious scripts, but the researcher reported the XSS to Sam Esmail, creator of the series according to Forbes.
The owner of the NBC Universal network confirmed that the site was repaired late Tuesday night, a few hours after Zemnmez's vulnerability was reported.
According to Zemnmez, the flaw could allow an attacker to carry out injection malicious Javascript and steal user information, and Facebook data from Mr. website visitors. Robot.
The flaw could also be exploited using some simple social engineering techniques, such as phishing to get more data from unsuspecting users.
