The Twitter account belonging to OpenAI CTO Mira Murati was hacked on Thursday, and used to promote a scam crypto token supposedly backed by the company. 

The tweet stayed online for roughly an hour, garnering 80,000 views from platform users before being taken down. 

Another Scam AI Token

The hacker promoted a fraudulent airdrop for ‘OPENAI’ token, described as a “groundbreaking token driven by artificial intelligence-based language models.”

Mira Murati’s (CTO at @OpenAI) account has been hacked and is being used to promote crypto scams. The tweet is gaining 1k+ impressions per minute. pic.twitter.com/VekeRV1xDT

— Max Rdlb (@maxrdlb) June 2, 2023

The tweet provided a link to a well-edited phishing website that appeared like a direct copy of an actual project called ChainGPT – an AI chatbot for crypto and blockchain information. 

The copied version, however, included some minor tweaks – such as a prompt for visitors to connect their crypto wallet. Reports suggest that the site lured investors into transaction signing requests, with which the hacker could transfer NFTs and ERC-20 tokens from the victim’s wallet. 

The fake tweet from Murati’s account used restricted replies, making it more difficult for followers to warn readers that the post was fraudulent. Though it’s now removed, Murati has not released any clarifying statement from her account. 

According to Scam Sniffer, the hack was perpetrated by a repeat offender in the art of phishing scams named “Pink Drainer.”