OpenAI CTO’s Twitter account hacked, shilling ‘scam’ airdrop, community warns
Crypto Twitter has actually been flooded with cautions from users, after the Twitter account of Mita Murati, the primary innovation officer of synthetic intelligence company OpenAI, was relatively hacked– promoting a “rip-off” cryptocurrency airdrop.On June 2, Muratis account tweeted what appears to be a phishing link promising an airdrop of a purported ERC-20 token OPENAI called after the firm that developed ChatGPT. Murati has 126,200 fans on Twitter and has actually a validated account on the platform. The post has been seen 79,600 times and has actually been retweeted 83 times at the time of writing. Muratis tweet promotes the airdrop of an ERC-20 token and links to what appears to be a phishing website. Source: TwitterThe tweets author has likewise limited who could respond to the tweet so others are unable to quickly alert the link is a scam.Some Twitter users theorize that Murati was a victim of a SIM-swapping attack.We do not know whats going on yet (SIM attack?) NO WAY this is truly Mira. This is a fraud. https://t.co/zlp4SsR41l— Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) June 2, 2023
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