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A hacker said they purloined personal details from millions of OpenAI accounts-but researchers are doubtful, and the business is investigating.

OpenAI states it's examining after a hacker claimed to have swiped login qualifications for 20 countless the AI firm's user accounts-and put them up for sale on a dark web online forum.

The pseudonymous breacher published a puzzling message in Russian marketing "more than 20 million gain access to codes to OpenAI accounts," calling it "a goldmine" and providing possible buyers what they claimed was sample information containing email addresses and passwords. As reported by Gbhackers, the complete dataset was being provided for sale "for simply a couple of dollars."

"I have more than 20 million gain access to codes for OpenAI accounts," emirking composed Thursday, according to a translated screenshot. "If you're interested, reach out-this is a goldmine, and Jesus agrees."

If genuine, this would be the third major security event for the AI business because the release of ChatGPT to the public. Last year, a hacker got access to the company's internal Slack messaging system. According to The New York City Times, the hacker "stole details about the style of the business's A.I. technologies."

Before that, in 2023 an even simpler bug involving jailbreaking triggers permitted hackers to obtain the private data of OpenAI's paying clients.

This time, however, security scientists aren't even sure a hack occurred. Daily Dot press reporter Mikael Thalan composed on X that he found void email addresses in the expected sample information: "No proof (recommends) this alleged OpenAI breach is legitimate. At least two addresses were void. The user's only other post on the forum is for a thief log. Thread has considering that been deleted also."

No proof this alleged OpenAI breach is genuine.

Contacted every email address from the purported sample of login qualifications.

At least 2 addresses were void. The user's just other post on the forum is for a thief log. Thread has considering that been deleted also. https://t.co/yKpmxKQhsP

- Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) February 6, 2025

OpenAI takes it 'seriously'

In a declaration shared with Decrypt, an OpenAI spokesperson acknowledged the situation while maintaining that the business's systems appeared safe and secure.

"We take these claims seriously," the representative said, adding: "We have actually not seen any evidence that this is linked to a compromise of OpenAI systems to date."

The scope of the alleged breach sparked concerns due to OpenAI's huge user base. Millions of users worldwide rely on the company's tools like ChatGPT for business operations, instructional functions, and material generation. A genuine breach could expose private conversations, industrial jobs, and other delicate data.

Until there's a final report, some preventive steps are always recommended:

- Go to the "Configurations" tab, log out from all connected devices, and allow two-factor authentication or asteroidsathome.net 2FA. This makes it essentially impossible for a hacker to gain access to the account, even if the login and passwords are jeopardized.