OpenAI said it has disrupted a cybercrime operation based in Cambodia that used ChatGPT to support several types of fraud, including investment scams, romance scams, gambling scams, and schemes involving impersonation of law enforcement. The company said the investigation began after receiving leads shared by WhatsApp’s security team. According to OpenAI, the group used ChatGPT to create fake online identities, generate and translate scam scripts, produce promotional materials tied to the fraud, and help with day-to-day operational work. OpenAI said it has banned the ChatGPT accounts linked to the operation, shared relevant threat indicators with industry partners and relevant institutions, and taken steps to stop the actors from regaining access to its services. The company added that it has not yet been able to confirm the specific financial damage caused by the network. Still, internal exchanges among the scammers suggest the group may have contacted hundreds of victims, and some conversations referenced losses of several thousand dollars.
OpenAI said it recently disrupted a cybercrime group based in Cambodia that used ChatGPT to support a range of scams, including investment fraud, romance scams, gambling scams, and schemes in which the actors posed as law enforcement.
The investigation began with leads shared by WhatsApp’s security team. OpenAI said the group used ChatGPT to build fake online identities, generate and translate scam scripts, create promotional content tied to the fraud, and assist with routine operational tasks.
According to the company, it has banned the ChatGPT accounts connected to the operation. OpenAI also said it shared relevant threat indicators with industry partners and relevant institutions, and took steps to prevent the actors from accessing its services again.
OpenAI said it cannot yet confirm the specific economic losses caused by the scam network. Based on the scammers’ own internal communications, however, the group may have contacted hundreds of victims, and some conversations mentioned losses of several thousand dollars.
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