Cybersecurity

Russia-Linked Hackers Claim Credit for OpenAI Outage This Week

  • Anonymous Sudan says OpenAI targeted over Israel investments
  • ChatGPT users faced high error rates earlier this week
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A hacking group linked to Russia claimed responsibility for attacks that periodically forced OpenAI’s ChatGPT offline this week, saying it targeted the company due to its support of Israel.

The group, which calls itself Anonymous Sudan, said in a post on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday it targeted the Microsoft Corp.-backed startup because it has explored investment opportunities in Israel.