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The Dark Side of AI: 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Stolen and Traded

The Dark Side of AI: 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Stolen and Traded
Screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Jan. 23, 2023. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
7/5/2023|Updated: 7/5/2023
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Criminals are targeting users of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, stealing their accounts and trading them on illegal online criminal marketplaces—with the threat having already affected more than 100,000 individuals worldwide.

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm, has identified 101,134 devices infected with information-stealing malware that contained saved ChatGPT credentials, according to a June 20 press release.
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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