The Twitter account of Mita Murati, the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, has been reportedly hacked. Murati’s account was used to promote a scam cryptocurrency airdrop, which led to Twitter users warning others of the potential danger of clicking on the phishing link. The tweet was viewed 79,600 times and retweeted 83 times at the time of writing. It is theorized that Murati fell victim to a SIM-swapping attack. This is a developing story.
Built by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman, OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc.
Mita Murati is the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence firm. Murati has a verified Twitter account with 126,200 followers. The recent hacking of Murati’s account has raised concerns about social media security.
