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incidents/AIR-2022-0038

Remoteli.io GPT-3 Twitter bot hijacked via prompt injection

Attack on AI3 Confirmed exploitationPrompt injection

Social media users exploited the Remoteli.io automated Twitter bot using prompt injection techniques to force it to output arbitrary statements. The service operator was compelled to modify and restrict the bot's behavior.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Prompt injection
    Untrusted content (web pages, documents, emails, tool output) steers a model into ignoring its instructions.
owasp llm top 10
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, Enterprise deployment
products
GPT-3, Remoteli.io Twitter bot
incident date
15 Sep 2022
first reported
15 Sep 2022
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
prompt-injection · gpt-3 · twitter-bot
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2022-09-15
    GPT-3-Based Twitter Bot Hijacked Using Prompt Injection Attacks
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/352

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