Hackers took control of the OpenAI Newsroom account on X on September 23, using it to promote a fraudulent link.
Pretending to announce an airdrop for ChatGPT users, the scammers aimed to lure victims into a scheme involving fake OPENAI tokens.
The hackers enticed users by stating that early claimants of the token would be eligible for access to OpenAI’s future beta programs.
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To further their scheme, the scammers disabled the comments on the posts, falsely stating it was to prevent malicious links. Meanwhile, the link they shared directed users to a website flagged for “suspected phishing.”
These deceptive posts caught the attention of Grok’s developer Benjamin De Kraker, who warned that the account had been hacked.
The malicious posts have since been removed from the account.
X users noted that this marks the fourth time that an OpenAI-affiliated X account has been hacked in the past 15 months. Just two days ago, hackers targeted the account of Jason Wei, a researcher at the company, to promote the same OPENAI token scam scheme.
As these breaches continue to occur, many are left wondering when OpenAI will take decisive action to prevent cyberattacks.
In other news, hackers took over the Supreme Court of India’s YouTube channel last week and repurposed it for an XRP scam.
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