OpenAI account compromised, hacker circulates fraudulent and fake crypto token posts on X

Artificial technology start-up OpenAI, on September 23, said that an unauthorised individual “compromised” one of its official accounts on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Bloomberg reported.

The company said that its account @OpenAINewsroom on X was compromised on September 23 and the unauthorized individual sent out posts “soliciting users to click through to a crypto token falsely claiming to be related to the startup”, the report said.