ChatGPT is considered by many to be the most important technological innovation of recent years. Because artificial intelligence basically supported chatbots that have been in our lives for a long time, ChatGPT It has reached a completely different point. But ChatGPT emerged this weekend, not with its massive capabilities, but with a critical data breach.

In memory of those who missed it; Open AI on Monday, March 20 ChatGPT temporarily disabled. Because there was a bug in ChatGPT that allowed users to view other users’ ChatGPT history. On Friday, March 24, he shared a blog post explaining what had happened. Open AI also made an important admission while expressing that the bug in question had been fixed.

Although Open AI says “Compromised”, ChatGPT users’ credit card information has been leaked online

Digital marketing expert Halil İbrahim Er shared first-hand the risks posed by the “leaked” data of ChatGPT users. Credit card It stated that a foreign company was trying to shoot through the internet and that much more data could have been stolen than Open AI announced.

“ChatGPT has been hacked. Today a foreign company tried to withdraw money from my credit card. I called my bank and got information about the problem. Please change your card details or disable internet shopping on your card. An email has been sent on 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 happened?

According to Open AI’s statement, on Monday, March 20, before 9 a.m., all 1.2 percent of ChatGPT Plus subscribers Payment details such as credit card numbers became visible to other users, as did the ChatGPT history. According to Open AI, users could see the first and last name, email address, payment address, last 4 digits of the credit card and expiration date of other users.

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 can be displayed to another user who opens the Manage My Subscription page at the same time. Visibility was lost after closing the page.)

In summary, according to Open AI’s statement, the aforementioned data breach occurred as a result of ChatGPT responding to person A’s request with person B’s information when requests such as subscription confirmation or view of subscription information were received at the same time. While Open AI stated that they have reached out to users who may have been affected by the leak, they have that there is no permanent risk underlined.