OpenAI banned accounts potentially associated with publicly reported DPRK-affiliated threat actors using AI to research intrusion tooling, phishing, malware, and cryptocurrency targeting.
OpenAI banned accounts involved in activity that overlapped with publicly reported threat groups and displayed hallmarks consistent with PRC intelligence requirements, using AI to support phishing and scripting workflows.
OpenAI banned accounts likely linked to Russian-speaking criminal groups, using AI to build malware loaders, evasion layers, credential-theft scripts, and C2 infrastructure.
OpenAI banned accounts associated with threat actors publicly attributed to the PRC, using AI to support vulnerability research, scripting, translation, and operational troubleshooting.
OpenAI banned accounts that appeared to belong to CyberAv3ngers using AI to research industrial control systems, default credentials, and targets.
OpenAI banned accounts tied to online fraud networks using AI to support scam scripts, impersonation, translation, and victim engagement.
OpenAI banned accounts using AI for social engineering, surveillance-themed research, and influence activity targeting critics.
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OpenAI banned PRC-linked accounts using AI to support surveillance-related planning, targeted profiling, and research on critics and other individuals.
OpenAI banned accounts likely belonging to a suspected China-based adversary tracked as SweetSpecter, using AI to research vulnerabilities, write code, and support spear-phishing activity.
OpenAI banned accounts that likely originated in Cambodia and used AI to support scam workflows targeting people in the UK.
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