US EditionOpenAI Bans Accounts Tied to Romance Scams, China Ops
Google disrupted UNC2814, a China-linked hacker group that used Google Sheets for command-and-control in cyber espionage targeting 53 organizations in 42 countries, Google said.
- On Feb 25, 2026, OpenAI released an intelligence threat report and banned ChatGPT accounts tied to romance scammers and influence operators, including a user who attempted to plan a smear campaign against Japan's first female prime minister.
- OpenAI's report found scammers and state-linked actors used AI to mass-produce content, monitor platforms and impersonate U.S. officials to intimidate Chinese dissidents and CCP critics.
- OpenAI researchers documented actors using ChatGPT and FaceFusion to create fake dating imagery, then switching to other AI models and moving victims to WhatsApp or Zoom when ChatGPT refused.
- OpenAI investigators matched ChatGPT diary entries to real online activity and found campaigns involving hundreds of operators and thousands of fake accounts, pursuing ongoing investigations.
- Analysts warn OpenAI's report offers a vivid example of how authoritarian regimes use AI in transnational repression, tied to U.S.-China AI competition, Nimmo said.
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From dating scams to fake lawyers: OpenAI details ChatGPT misuse in new threat report
OpenAI said it banned accounts linked to Chinese law enforcement, romance scammers and influence operations, including a smear campaign against Japan's first woman prime minister, in a report detailing the misuse of its ChatGPT technology.
OpenAI announced that it has suspended more accounts associated with China's order forces, specialized shells in romantic shelters and influence operations, including a campaign of denial against the first woman...
A vast Chinese influence operation, accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement officer's use of ChatGPT, focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to…
Google defeated a group of hackers connected to China that invaded at least 53 organizations in 42 countries, according to the company itself, this Thursday. Google and unidentified partners closed projects of...
Google disrupts Chinese-linked hackers that attacked 53 groups globally
Google disrupted a Chinese-linked hacking group that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries, the company said Wednesday, February 25. The hacking group, tracked as UNC2814 and “Gallium,” has a nearly decade-long history of penetrating government organizations and telecommunications companies, the company said in findings shared exclusively with Reuters. “This was a vast surveillance apparatus used to spy on people and organizatio…
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