An official OpenAI X account just got hacked by crypto scammers

One of OpenAI’s official accounts just got hacked.

OpenAI Newsroom, “The official newsroom for OpenAI”, shared the following scam post on X on Monday.

“We’re very happy to announce $OPEANAI [sic]: the gap between Al and blockchain technology,” it read. “All OpenAI users are eligible to claim a piece of $OPENAI’s initial supply. Holding $OPENAI will grant access to all of our future beta programs.”

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Oh dear. The post has now been deleted, but clicking it took people to a phishing website that asked them to connect their crypto wallet in order to claim the non-existent “$OPENAI” token, per Techcrunch. Usually a scam like this would result in victims’ wallets being drained after they connect and sign a malicious transaction.

This isn’t the first time OpenAI has fallen victim to hacks. The individual accounts of key employees, including CTO Mira Murati, chief scientist Jakub Pachocki, and researcher Jason Wei, have all previously been compromised and used to promote fake tokens.

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OpenAI itself was hacked in 2023, with the criminal allegedly making off with sensitive information obtained from an employee forum.

Mashable has reached out to OpenAI with additional questions and we will update this article if we hear back.