GCD AI RADAR
incidents/AIR-2024-0011

ChatGPT Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich Knife Attack

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossAI-assisted intrusion

An individual used ChatGPT to research human anatomy and target selection before carrying out a knife attack in Zürich that injured three children. Prosecutors charged the suspect with attempted murder.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-assisted intrusion
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
OpenAI
products
ChatGPT
incident date
1 Oct 2024
first reported
1 Oct 2024
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
ai-assisted-planning · chatgpt · violence
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-10-01
    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1691

Titles and links belong to their publishers. The summary above is written by GCD AI RADAR in its own words; data is CC BY-SA 4.0.

Related incidents