On September 23, after attackers gained access to OpenAI’s official press account, all malicious posts on the account were deleted. These posts contained a suspicious phishing link through which ChatGPT users could request “OPENAI” tokens.

This incident is the fourth OpenAI-related hack reported on the X platform and at least the fifth cybersecurity incident since January 2023.

As OpenAI continues to face cybersecurity threats, X users began reporting that the “OpenAI Newsroom” account may have been compromised around 22:26 UTC on September 23.

The account was promoting OPENAI tokens in an attempt to “bridge the gap” between blockchain technology and artificial intelligence.

The account also claimed that OpenAI users would have the right to claim a portion of the initial offering of the OPENAI token, giving them access to the firm’s future beta programs. “The official OpenAI Newsroom account has been hacked and is promoting fake shitcoins,” Grok developer Benjamin De Kraker summed up the situation.

The link took users to a website marked with a “suspicious phishing” warning and gave them the option to “learn more” or ignore it and continue.

Additionally, under the main post it says “Comments have been closed due to malicious links. Good luck everyone!” The statement included; This is a common tactic used to deter people from alerting others about the hack.

Neither OpenAI nor the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, made any statement about the September 23 hack on their websites or on X. However, the posts made from the account have been deleted.

This is a hacking incident of an X account associated with OpenAI since June 2023. OpenAI researcher Jason Wei’s X account was hacked on September 22, while OpenAI’s Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki and CTO Mira Murati encountered similar incidents in June 2024 and June 2023, respectively.

These four hacks promoted a similar OPENAI token, indicating that the attackers’ goals were consistent.

However, another attacker also infiltrated an OpenAI internal forum in early 2023, gaining access to the firm’s proprietary information, employee data and confidential communications.

The New York Times reported this situation in July, revealing how weak OpenAI’s internal security was. Fortunately, the attackers’ lack of access to the code that manages the company’s systems did not make the situation worse.

While cybersecurity experts have expressed concerns about repeated attacks against OpenAI, Tanishq Mathew Abraham, a PhD in medicine and CEO of the Center for Medical AI Research, has criticized OpenAI.

Abraham recommended that OpenAI employees use two-factor authentication. Such security measures can significantly reduce the chances of cyber attackers infiltrating systems.

How OpenAI will deal with such attacks and strengthen its security policies continues to be closely watched by the cybersecurity community.