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A hacker said they purloined personal details from countless OpenAI accounts-but scientists are hesitant, and the business is examining.

OpenAI states it's examining after a hacker claimed to have swiped login qualifications for 20 million of the AI firm's user accounts-and put them up for sale on a dark web online forum.

The pseudonymous breacher posted a cryptic message in Russian advertising "more than 20 million gain access to codes to OpenAI accounts," calling it "a goldmine" and providing potential purchasers what they claimed was sample data containing email addresses and passwords. As reported by Gbhackers, the full dataset was being sold "for just a couple of dollars."

"I have more than 20 million gain access to codes for OpenAI accounts," emirking wrote Thursday, according to a translated screenshot. "If you're interested, reach out-this is a goldmine, and Jesus concurs."

If genuine, this would be the 3rd major security incident for the AI business since the release of ChatGPT to the general public. Last year, a hacker got access to the business's internal Slack messaging system. According to The New York City Times, the hacker "took details about the style of the company's A.I. innovations."

Before that, in 2023 an even easier bug including jailbreaking triggers permitted hackers to obtain the personal information of OpenAI's paying consumers.

This time, however, security researchers aren't even sure a hack happened. Daily Dot reporter Mikael Thalan wrote on X that he found void email addresses in the expected sample information: "No proof (suggests) this supposed OpenAI breach is legitimate. A minimum of 2 addresses were void. The user's only other post on the forum is for a stealer log. Thread has considering that been erased too."

No evidence this supposed OpenAI breach is genuine.

Contacted every email address from the purported sample of login credentials.

At least 2 addresses were void. The user's only other post on the forum is for a stealer log. Thread has because been deleted too. https://t.co/yKpmxKQhsP

- Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) February 6, 2025

OpenAI takes it 'seriously'

In a shown Decrypt, an OpenAI representative acknowledged the situation while maintaining that the company's systems appeared safe.

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

The scope of the supposed breach sparked concerns due to OpenAI's huge user base. Countless users worldwide count on the business's tools like ChatGPT for service operations, educational functions, and content generation. A genuine breach could expose private discussions, commercial projects, and other delicate information.

Until there's a last report, higgledy-piggledy.xyz some preventive measures are constantly advisable:

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