An official OpenAI X account was taken over to peddle a crypto scam
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6QYVR)
Image: The Verge An official OpenAI account on X was taken over to peddle a cryptocurrency scam on Monday evening.
On Monday at 6:24PM ET, the @OpenAINewsroom account, which shares news from OpenAI and has nearly 54,000 followers, made a now-deleted post advertising an $OPENAI" token.
We're very happy to announce $OPEANAI: the token bridging the gap between Al and blockchain technology," the post said. All OpenAI users are eligible to claim a piece of $OPENAI's initial supply. Holding $OPENAI will grant access to all of our future beta programs." The post also included a link to a spoofed version of OpenAI's website at a URL that wasn't openai.com.
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Two posts from the hijacked OpenAI Newsroom...