The Twitter account of Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, was hacked to promote a “fraudulent” cryptocurrency drop. The “scam” tweet was live for an hour and has now been deleted.
Murati’s Twitter account posted a supposed phishing link to a scam mimicking the popular OpenAI product ChatGPT. In addition, the publication promised an airdrop of the alleged ERC-20 token OPENAI.
🚨 OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Twitter account has been hacked by crypto scammers 🚨 pic.twitter.com/k3oWsDo3cI
– John James (@johnj1138) June 2, 2023
Murati is a verified Twitter user with more than 126,200 followers on the platform. The fraudulent post from her account was viewed 79,600 times and retweeted 83 times before it was removed. However, there is no evidence of any scam victims.
The scammers were sophisticated enough to restrict comments on the fraudulent post from Murati’s account, preventing the community from flagging it as a scam. However, several well-known Twitter accounts flagged the tweet as a scam and warned the community not to fall for the bait.
Someone gained access to the Twitter account of Mira Murati (OpenAI CTO). pic.twitter.com/XUlm9LhL8S
Smoke-away (SmokeAwayyy) June 2, 2023
The scam website shared in the tweet was an upgraded version of the OpenAI website, with the same layouts and design and hardly any differentiators. The only modifications were in the claims related to a crypto wallet.
According to the blockchain security firm Beosin, which the researcher spoke to CointelegraphThe scammers used a crypto wallet drain kit that could drain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ERC-20 tokens from victims’ wallets once the request was signed.
Although there is no confirmation on how the Twitter account of a tech personality like Murati was hacked, some suggest that she was a victim of a SIM swap hack.
Someone gained access to the Twitter account of Mira Murati (OpenAI CTO). pic.twitter.com/XUlm9LhL8S
Smoke-away (SmokeAwayyy) June 2, 2023
Hack high profile twitter accounts
Moratti is not the first technology expert whose Twitter account has been hacked by attackers. In mid-2020, the Twitter accounts of several American politicians and businessmen were hacked to promote cryptocurrency scams. Victims included Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Bill Gates and Elon Musk, who now own and operate Twitter. All of their accounts requested cryptocurrencies with promises of doubling the amount.
Last month, a 23-year-old British man pleaded guilty in a New York court to helping orchestrate a high-profile hack into Twitter accounts. It was delivered from Spain to the United States in April.
The Twitter account of Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, was hacked to promote a “fraudulent” cryptocurrency drop. The “scam” tweet was live for an hour and has now been deleted.
Murati’s Twitter account posted a supposed phishing link to a scam mimicking the popular OpenAI product ChatGPT. In addition, the publication promised an airdrop of the alleged ERC-20 token OPENAI.
🚨 OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Twitter account has been hacked by crypto scammers 🚨 pic.twitter.com/k3oWsDo3cI
– John James (@johnj1138) June 2, 2023
Murati is a verified Twitter user with more than 126,200 followers on the platform. The fraudulent post from her account was viewed 79,600 times and retweeted 83 times before it was removed. However, there is no evidence of any scam victims.
The scammers were sophisticated enough to restrict comments on the fraudulent post from Murati’s account, preventing the community from flagging it as a scam. However, several well-known Twitter accounts flagged the tweet as a scam and warned the community not to fall for the bait.
Someone gained access to the Twitter account of Mira Murati (OpenAI CTO). pic.twitter.com/XUlm9LhL8S
Smoke-away (SmokeAwayyy) June 2, 2023
The scam website shared in the tweet was an upgraded version of the OpenAI website, with the same layouts and design and hardly any differentiators. The only modifications were in the claims related to a crypto wallet.
According to the blockchain security firm Beosin, which the researcher spoke to CointelegraphThe scammers used a crypto wallet drain kit that could drain non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ERC-20 tokens from victims’ wallets once the request was signed.
Although there is no confirmation on how the Twitter account of a tech personality like Murati was hacked, some suggest that she was a victim of a SIM swap hack.
Someone gained access to the Twitter account of Mira Murati (OpenAI CTO). pic.twitter.com/XUlm9LhL8S
Smoke-away (SmokeAwayyy) June 2, 2023
Hack high profile twitter accounts
Moratti is not the first technology expert whose Twitter account has been hacked by attackers. In mid-2020, the Twitter accounts of several American politicians and businessmen were hacked to promote cryptocurrency scams. Victims included Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West, Bill Gates and Elon Musk, who now own and operate Twitter. All of their accounts requested cryptocurrencies with promises of doubling the amount.
Last month, a 23-year-old British man pleaded guilty in a New York court to helping orchestrate a high-profile hack into Twitter accounts. It was delivered from Spain to the United States in April.