Kansas AG website exploit promoted ‘AI-generated adult images’
An apparent exploit of a feature on the Kansas attorney general’s website this week led the office to promote an illicit service.
The office of Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Monday edited its website to remove marketing copy, complete with a link, prominently advertising AI-generated adult materials.
The advertisement, which was discovered by the Wichita outlet 12 News, promoted “AI-generated adult images & videos” that are “ultra-realistic, fully customizable.” The local news outlet reported that Kobach’s office removed the ad soon after being notified of its presence.
Kobach’s office did not respond to a request for additional information.
Granicus, the government technology firm credited at the bottom of the website with its design, told 12 News that its platform had not been hacked.
“There has been no breach of Granicus systems or products, nor exposure of any data,” the company’s statement read. “In the few cases affecting Granicus customers, an individual (or individuals) attached illicit content to a public form they submitted through a government web portal intended for communicating resident feedback or service requests. The attachment was then indexed by Google and other web crawlers, causing it to appear in search results.”
The company said it “has implemented a block on our security platform” to prevent such scenarios from recurring.
