An official account of OpenAI has just been hacked.
OpenAI Newsroom, “the official newsroom of OpenAI,” shared the following scam post on X on Monday.
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“We are excited to announce $OPEANAI [sic]:The gap between artificial intelligence and blockchain technology,” it wrote. “All OpenAI users are eligible to receive a portion of the initial supply of $OPENAI. Holding $OPENAI will grant access to all of our future testing programs.
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Oh dear. According to Techcrunch, the post has now been deleted, but clicking on it took people to a phishing website that asked them to connect to a crypto wallet in order to claim non-existent “$OPENAI” tokens. Typically, such scams result in victims having their wallets wiped out after connecting and signing malicious transactions.
This is not the first time OpenAI has been the victim of a hacker attack. The personal accounts of key employees, including chief technology officer Mira Murati, chief scientist Jakub Pachocki and researcher Jason Wei, have been previously leaked and used to promote fake coins.
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OpenAI itself was hacked in 2023, with criminals allegedly stealing sensitive information obtained from employee forums.
Mashable has reached out to OpenAI with additional questions and will update this article if we hear back.
