OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Linked to Nation-State Threat Actors
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STIX ID: report--be5fd9c8-5688-561c-bd8a-583afee7ebaf
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-06-09
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
OpenAI reported disrupting and banning dozens of ChatGPT accounts run by state-backed actors (notably from China, Russia, North Korea and others) that were using the model to assist malware development, social engineering, cyber espionage, deceptive recruitment, and influence operations; some activity was attributed to APT5 and APT15 and OpenAI said it used AI detection capabilities to identify and disrupt these abuses.
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