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incidents/AIR-2026-0336

Fake Claude and ChatGPT campaigns use ClickFix tactics against developers

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI phishing / social engineering

Threat actors are leveraging impersonation campaigns of popular AI developer brands to target enterprise employees. These attacks typically employ ClickFix social engineering lures to compromise systems.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
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, Anthropic, Individuals
products
ChatGPT, Claude
incident date
16 Oct 2026
first reported
16 Oct 2026
origin
News & research feeds
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
phishing · social-engineering · impersonation · clickfix
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:33Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-10-16
    Fake Claude, ChatGPT Attacks Surge, Putting Developers at Risk
    Dark Reading · darkreading.com/application-security/fake-claude-chatgpt-attacks-developers-risk

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