Attacker Relentlessly Scans for Credentials by Impersonating AI Bots
The threat actor lurked behind bots posing as agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others to find exposed data.
Excerpt from the primary source: Dark Reading
Who is affected
Home users · Small businesses · Developers · Security professionals
Affected technology: ChatGPT & OpenAI API, Claude
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