OpenAI CTO’s Twitter hacked, shilling ‘scam’ crypto airdrop

Crypto Twitter was flooded with warnings from users on June 2 after the Twitter account of Mira Murati, the primary innovation officer of synthetic intelligence company OpenAI, was relatively hacked to promote a “scam” cryptocurrency airdrop.On June 2, Muratis account tweeted what appeared to be a phishing link promising an airdrop of a supposed ERC-20 token OPENAI called after the company that developed ChatGPT. Murati has 126,200 fans on Twitter and has a validated account on the platform. The post was live for about an hour and saw 79,600 times and retweeted 83 times before it was deleted.Muratis tweet promoted the airdrop of an ERC-20 token and connected to what seems a phishing website. Source: TwitterThe tweets author had limited who could respond to the tweet, so others were not able to quickly caution the link was a scam.Related: Crypto phishing rip-offs: How users can remain safeguarded Some Twitter users theorize that Murati was a victim of a SIM-swapping attack.We dont understand whats going on yet (SIM attack?) NO WAY this is actually Mira. This is a fraud. https://t.co/zlp4SsR41l— Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) June 2, 2023

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The site shared in the tweet is advanced and has seemingly directly copied the design and website design of a real task called ChainGPT with some really small tweaks– mainly its prompt to link a crypto wallet.The presumed phishing site (right) is similar to ChainGPTs website (left). A security researcher from blockchain security company Beosin told Cointelegraph that the website utilizes an offered crypto wallet draining pipes set that “lures visitors into signing requests.””Once the request is signed, the aggressor will transfer NFTs and ERC-20 tokens out of the victims wallet,” Beosins scientist added.Cointelegraph contacted Murati and OpenAI for remark on how the Twitter account was breached but did not right away get an action. Update (June 2, 3:30 am UTC): This post has been upgraded with further details and comment from Beosin. It was updated once again at 4:10 am UTC to remedy the spelling of Mira Muratis first name.Magazine: Moral duty– Can blockchain really improve rely on AI?