OpenAI Blog
Feb 1, 2025
Deceptive Employment Scheme: AI-assisted hiring deception
OpenAI banned accounts potentially used to facilitate a deceptive employment scheme with characteristics of publicly reported North Korea-linked IT-worker activity.
Deceptive Employment Scheme: IT worker activity
OpenAI banned accounts associated with suspected deceptive employment campaigns that used AI to develop materials for potentially fraudulent remote-job applications.
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Operation “False Witness”: Fake recovery service impersonating authorities
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Cyber Operation: Russian-speaking malware tooling
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