Criminals are targeting users of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, stealing their accounts and trading them on illegal online criminal marketplaces—with the threat having already affected more than 100,000 individuals worldwide.
Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm, has identified 101,134 devices infected with information-stealing malware that contained saved ChatGPT credentials, according to a June 20 press release.
“These compromised credentials within the logs of info-stealing malware traded on illicit dark web marketplaces over the past year,” the release reads.
“The Asia-Pacific region has experienced the highest concentration of ChatGPT credentials being offered for sale.”
When unassuming users interact with AI, the hidden malware captures and transfers data to third parties. Hackers can use the information collected to generate personas and manipulate data for various fraudulent activities….