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A hacker said they purloined personal details from countless OpenAI accounts-but scientists are doubtful, and the business is examining.

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

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

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

If genuine, this would be the third significant security occurrence for the AI business considering that the release of ChatGPT to the public. In 2015, a hacker got access to the company's internal Slack messaging system. According to The New York Times, wiki.dulovic.tech the hacker "stole details about the style of the business's A.I. technologies."

Before that, in 2023 an even easier bug involving jailbreaking prompts permitted hackers to obtain the personal data of OpenAI's paying consumers.

This time, nevertheless, security researchers aren't even sure a hack occurred. Daily Dot press reporter Mikael Thalan wrote on X that he discovered invalid email addresses in the expected sample information: "No proof (suggests) this alleged OpenAI breach is legitimate. At least two addresses were invalid. The user's just other post on the online forum is for a thief log. Thread has actually because been erased too."

No evidence this alleged OpenAI breach is legitimate.

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

At least 2 addresses were invalid. The user's just other post on the online forum is for a stealer log. Thread has actually because 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 representative acknowledged the circumstance while maintaining that the company's systems appeared safe and secure.

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

The scope of the alleged breach stimulated concerns due to OpenAI's enormous user base. Countless users worldwide depend on the company's tools like ChatGPT for service operations, instructional functions, and content generation. A legitimate breach might expose private conversations, industrial jobs, and other sensitive data.

Until there's a last report, some preventive steps are constantly advisable:

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