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incidents/AIR-2022-0035

ChatGPT Abused by Threat Actors to Develop Malicious Software

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI-generated malware

Cybercriminals leveraged OpenAI's ChatGPT to write and adapt malicious code, ransomware, and other cyberthreat tools. The activity highlighted emerging risks in AI-assisted malware generation.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-generated malware
    Malware written, adapted or operated with meaningful help from AI models.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
OpenAI
products
ChatGPT
incident date
21 Dec 2022
first reported
21 Dec 2022
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
malware-development · chatgpt · cybercrime
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2022-12-21
    ChatGPT Abused to Develop Malicious Softwares
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/443

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