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A hacker said they purloined private details from countless OpenAI accounts-but scientists are doubtful, and the company is investigating.

OpenAI says it's examining after a hacker claimed to have 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 published a cryptic message in Russian marketing "more than 20 million gain access to codes to OpenAI accounts," calling it "a goldmine" and providing potential buyers what they claimed was sample data containing email addresses and passwords. As reported by Gbhackers, the full dataset was being used 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 legitimate, this would be the third major security event for the AI company given that the release of ChatGPT to the general public. In 2015, a hacker got access to the business's internal system. According to The New York City Times, the hacker "took details about the design of the company's A.I. innovations."

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

This time, users.atw.hu nevertheless, security researchers aren't even sure a hack happened. Daily Dot reporter Mikael Thalan composed on X that he found void email addresses in the expected sample information: "No proof (suggests) this alleged OpenAI breach is legitimate. A minimum of 2 addresses were invalid. The user's only other post on the online forum is for a stealer log. Thread has given that been erased as well."

No proof this supposed OpenAI breach is legitimate.

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

A minimum of 2 addresses were invalid. The user's just other post on the forum is for a thief log. Thread has actually since been erased as well. https://t.co/yKpmxKQhsP

- Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) February 6, 2025

OpenAI takes it 'seriously'

In a declaration shown Decrypt, an OpenAI representative acknowledged the scenario while maintaining that the business's systems appeared safe.

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

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

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

- Go to the "Configurations" tab, log out from all connected gadgets, and make it possible for two-factor authentication or 2FA. This makes it practically impossible for a hacker to gain access to the account, even if the login and passwords are compromised.