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- Murati’s account posted a phishing link promoting an airdrop of an ERC-20 token.
- The tweet remained active for nearly an hour, garnering 79,600 views.
On June 2, Twitter was flooded with user reports regarding a “scam” crypto airdrop that appeared to be advertised through the account of Mira Murati, the CTO of the artificial intelligence firm OpenAI. Murati’s account appeared to share a phishing link that promoted an airdrop of an ERC-20 token, purportedly created by the company behind ChatGPT.
Additionally, Murati’s Twitter account is verified and boasts 126,200 followers. The tweet was visible for almost an hour, during which it accumulated 79,600 views and was retweeted 83 times. The creator of the tweet had disabled replies, complicating efforts for other users to alert others that the link led to a scam.
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The website linked in the tweet is highly professional and appears to closely mimic the design and layout of a legitimate project known as ChainGPT, with only slight modifications, particularly the inclusion of a prompt to connect a cryptocurrency wallet.
Moreover, the site “entices visitors into signing requests,” as stated by a security researcher from the blockchain security firm Beosin. Once signed, the exploited will transfer NFTs and ERC-20 tokens from the victims’ wallets.
Murati serves as the chief technical officer of OpenAI and supervises the development of popular AI tools including the chatbot ChatGPT and the art-generating AI system DALL-E.
When ChatGPT launched in late November, it quickly became a sensation. Google expressed concern that the technology could disrupt its search business, while Microsoft made a $10 billion investment in the company. In response, Google revealed plans to introduce a similar AI service named Bard.
