Hackers claim ChatGPT attack targeted Ukrainian forces – media
A group purportedly consisting of Russian hackers has reportedly asserted responsibility for the worldwide malfunction of the Chat GPT AI chatbot. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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Reports have emerged of significant operational disruptions affecting the widely used AI chatbot, ChatGPT, on a global scale.
A hacker group has reportedly taken responsibility for this extensive outage, which occurred on Thursday. According to the Russian news outlet Mash, these activists allege that technology from OpenAI, the U.S.-based developer of ChatGPT, was being utilized by Ukrainian forces to monitor Russian troop movements.
Users attempting to access ChatGPT experienced a “bad gateway error” on Thursday, with some unable to connect to the chatbot for several hours. Reports of the outages have come in from various parts of the world, according to multiple media sources.
Downdetector, a website that monitors problems with online services, noted a peak in ChatGPT outages around 3 PM Moscow time, with the issues gradually subsiding thereafter.
OpenAI acknowledged the disruption on its website, stating that it was “experiencing elevated error rates for ChatGPT” and was “investigating” the matter. Approximately three hours after the first reports of issues surfaced, the company announced that it had implemented “a fix” and was monitoring the situation.
Mash reports that the chatbot was targeted by “Russian hackers from the 22c group,” who were allegedly collaborating with another hacker known as PalachPro, who confirmed the attack via the Mash Telegram channel. According to PalachPro, the hackers focused on the chatbot because it was being utilized by the Ukrainian military, with claims that Ukrainian forces were employing its AI capabilities to analyze satellite images and track Russian troops.
Neither Ukrainian nor Russian officials have commented on these claims. The identities of the 22c group members remain uncertain, although Ukrainian media have previously identified 22c as one of the “pro-Russian” hacker groups that had purportedly been planning a significant assault on the Ukrainian government in early 2024.
Recently, OpenAI has also come under scrutiny, having been named by U.S. President Donald Trump as one of three companies participating in a significant artificial intelligence infrastructure initiative. Known as Project Stargate, this collaborative effort will involve OpenAI, U.S. tech giant Oracle, and Japanese investment firm SoftBank, as announced by the president on Tuesday.
Additionally, OpenAI has faced controversies, including allegations of child sex abuse against its founder, Sam Altman, made by his sister. Altman has described these claims as “utterly untrue.” In another development last week, the mother of late OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji told journalist Tucker Carlson that she does not believe her son died by suicide. She asserted that Balaji, found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November, had documents that could have potentially harmed the company.
Rohan Mehta contributed to this report for TROIB News
A hacker group has reportedly taken responsibility for this extensive outage, which occurred on Thursday. According to the Russian news outlet Mash, these activists allege that technology from OpenAI, the U.S.-based developer of ChatGPT, was being utilized by Ukrainian forces to monitor Russian troop movements.
Users attempting to access ChatGPT experienced a “bad gateway error” on Thursday, with some unable to connect to the chatbot for several hours. Reports of the outages have come in from various parts of the world, according to multiple media sources.
Downdetector, a website that monitors problems with online services, noted a peak in ChatGPT outages around 3 PM Moscow time, with the issues gradually subsiding thereafter.
OpenAI acknowledged the disruption on its website, stating that it was “experiencing elevated error rates for ChatGPT” and was “investigating” the matter. Approximately three hours after the first reports of issues surfaced, the company announced that it had implemented “a fix” and was monitoring the situation.
Mash reports that the chatbot was targeted by “Russian hackers from the 22c group,” who were allegedly collaborating with another hacker known as PalachPro, who confirmed the attack via the Mash Telegram channel. According to PalachPro, the hackers focused on the chatbot because it was being utilized by the Ukrainian military, with claims that Ukrainian forces were employing its AI capabilities to analyze satellite images and track Russian troops.
Neither Ukrainian nor Russian officials have commented on these claims. The identities of the 22c group members remain uncertain, although Ukrainian media have previously identified 22c as one of the “pro-Russian” hacker groups that had purportedly been planning a significant assault on the Ukrainian government in early 2024.
Recently, OpenAI has also come under scrutiny, having been named by U.S. President Donald Trump as one of three companies participating in a significant artificial intelligence infrastructure initiative. Known as Project Stargate, this collaborative effort will involve OpenAI, U.S. tech giant Oracle, and Japanese investment firm SoftBank, as announced by the president on Tuesday.
Additionally, OpenAI has faced controversies, including allegations of child sex abuse against its founder, Sam Altman, made by his sister. Altman has described these claims as “utterly untrue.” In another development last week, the mother of late OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji told journalist Tucker Carlson that she does not believe her son died by suicide. She asserted that Balaji, found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November, had documents that could have potentially harmed the company.
Rohan Mehta contributed to this report for TROIB News
