{
 "id": "AIR-2023-0026",
 "slug": "underground-market-for-llms-powers-malware-and-phishing-scam",
 "title": "Underground Market for LLMs Powers Malware and Phishing Scams",
 "summary": "Cybercriminals leveraged LLMs and malicious variants like WormGPT to develop malware and phishing scams. These underground tools bypassed safety controls to scale cyberattacks.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "ai_generated_malware",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "OpenAI",
  "open_weight_model"
 ],
 "products": [
  "GPT-3.5",
  "GPT-4",
  "WormGPT",
  "FraudGPT"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2023-12-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2023-12-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/736",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Underground Market for LLMs Powers Malware and Phishing Scams",
   "published_at": "2023-12-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "wormgpt",
  "fraudgpt",
  "malware",
  "phishing"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}