What Open AI feared happened to him! The bug that caused ChatGPT users to see the history of other users last Monday caused the credit card information of ChatGPT Plus users to be leaked. Although ChatGPT says that not all information has been leaked, users’ posts show that the opposite is possible.
ChatGPT, according to many, is the most important technological innovation of recent years. Because, in fact, artificial intelligence supported chatbots that have been in our lives for a long time, ChatGPT It has reached a completely different point. But ChatGPT came to the fore this weekend not with its tremendous capabilities, but with a critical data leak.
To remind those who missed it; Open AI on Monday, March 20 Temporarily turned off ChatGPT. Because there was a bug in ChatGPT that allowed users to view the ChatGPT history of other users. On Friday, March 24, he shared a blog post explaining what happened. Open AI also made an important confession while expressing that the error in question was fixed.
Although Open AI says “Compromised”, ChatGPT users’ credit card information has leaked online
Digital marketing expert Halil İbrahim Er explained firsthand what kind of risk ChatGPT users ‘leaked’ data pose. Credit card Stating that a foreign company was trying to shoot through the internet, Er said that much more data might have been stolen than Open AI had announced.
“ChatGPT was hacked. Today, a foreign company tried to make a withdrawal on my credit card. I called my bank and got information about the issue. Change your card information or turn off your card’s internet shopping. An e-mail was sent about the subject, but I think we have a lot more information than they think.. As soon as I can cancel the card, I will request a new card”
What had happened?
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According to Open AI’s statement, on Monday, March 20, for 9 hours, all 1.2 percent of ChatGPT Plus subscribers Payment information such as credit card numbers became visible to other users, just like ChatGPT history. According to Open AI, users could see other users’ first and last name, email address, payment address, last 4 digits of credit card and expiration date.
While Open AI expresses that they ‘believe’ that the number of users affected by the said ‘leak’ is very, very small, so that the information can be viewed by other users;
- ChatGPT Plus during that 9-hour period subscription confirmation email sent to the wrong users,
- In the 9-hour period in ChatGPT ‘My Account>Manage my subscription‘ page should have been entered. (While the Manage my subscription page is open, the information may be displayed to another user who is simultaneously entering the Manage my subscription page. Visibility was lost after closing the page.)
In summary, according to Open AI’s statement, the aforementioned data leak occurred as a result of ChatGPT responding to the request of Person A with the information of Person B when requests such as subscription confirmation or display of subscription information were received at the same time. While Open AI stated that they have reached users who may have been affected by the leak, they that there is no continuing risk underlined.
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