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 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 associated with threat actors publicly attributed to the PRC, using AI to support vulnerability research, scripting, translation, and operational troubleshooting.
OpenAI banned accounts associated with the PRC-origin operation "Spamouflage", using AI to research social media activity, generate posts, and debug a previously unreported website.
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 tied to online fraud networks using AI to support scam scripts, impersonation, translation, and victim engagement.
OpenAI banned China-origin accounts using AI to generate US political content and research people, movements, and online communities.
OpenAI banned accounts that appeared to belong to CyberAv3ngers using AI to research industrial control systems, default credentials, and targets.
OpenAI banned Korean-language accounts using AI for malware development support, debugging, phishing, and credential-theft workflows.
OpenAI banned accounts that accessed its models through an Israel-based startup to generate conversations and send links to gambling sites on X.
OpenAI banned accounts using AI to generate posts criticizing a Taiwanese social media influencer and related US topics.
OpenAI banned accounts that likely originated in Cambodia and used AI to support scam workflows targeting people in the UK.
OpenAI banned PRC-linked accounts using AI to support surveillance-related planning, targeted profiling, and research on critics and other individuals.