- Cyber attacks primarily target users in Asia-Pacific.
- India impacted with 12,632 compromised ChatGPT accounts.
Recent reports indicate that a substantial number of login credentials for the renowned AI chatbot ChatGPT have been exposed and are now being circulated on the dark web. The leaked information amounts to over 100,000 accounts.
Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence unit identified the countries and regions with the highest concentration of stealer-infected devices with saved #ChatGPT credentials. The top three countries are India, Pakistan, and Brazil. pic.twitter.com/CtStVGUzVB
— Group-IB Threat Intelligence (@GroupIB_TI) June 20, 2023
According to a blog post by Group-IB published on June 20, it reveales that a little over 101,000 compromised login credentials for OpenAI‘s flagship chatbot were bought and sold on dark web marketplaces between June 2022 and May 2023.
Research findings reveal that the Asia-Pacific region experiences the highest level of impact from cyber-attacks, affecting nearly 40.5 percent of its users. Notably, within the region, India accounts for 12,632 compromised accounts as a result of the breach.
According to Group-IB, there has been a significant rise in the number of employees utilizing ChatGPT for work-related tasks. Also, company highlights the risk of unauthorized access and disclosure of confidential data from stored user queries and chat history.
The potential exploitation of this information by others could lead to targeted attacks against companies or individual employees. Additionally, users strongly encouraged by the firm to regularly update their passwords. And also urged enable two-factor authentication for their ChatGPT accounts as a means to bolster security.
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