Security News > 2025 > June > OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Used by Russian, Iranian and Chinese Hacker Groups
2025-06-09 06:45
OpenAI has revealed that it banned a set of ChatGPT accounts that were likely operated by Russian-speaking threat actors and two Chinese nation-state hacking groups to assist with malware development, social media automation, and research about U.S. satellite communications technologies, among other things. "The [Russian-speaking] actor used our models to assist with developing and refining
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