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ChatGPT, along with the OpenAI API and Sora, experienced a major service disruption on Thursday, December 26th. Users reported difficulty connecting to the platform, receiving error messages, and slow response times. OpenAI confirmed that the issue was due to a problem with an "upstream provider," impacting all three services. While the specific provider was not named, Microsoft reported a power incident at one of its datacenters in North America around the same time, which might be related. This incident highlights the reliance of AI services on stable infrastructure and the knock-on effects that can occur from disruptions.

The outage caused frustration for developers who use the API, content creators who rely on the AI platform, and casual users. Though initial reports indicated widespread issues, services gradually began to recover during the evening. OpenAI stated that Sora was fully operational and that they were actively working to fix the overall issues. The event is a reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in large language models and the need for continuous improvements to prevent future disruptions.


References :

• DEV Community: Is ChatGPT Down? A Temporary Hiccup or Something More?
• 9to5Mac: PSA: ChatGPT is currently down for some users
• The Verge: OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services "experiencing high error rates" for a few hours
• siliconangle.com: Outage takes ChatGPT, Sora and OpenAI’s APIs offline for many users
• BGR: ChatGPT is down the day after Christmas
• community.openai.com: Major Outage on API, Sora and ChatGPT
• Antonio Pequen?o IV: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Is Down—Here’s What We Know
• bgr.com: ChatGPT is down the day after Christmas
• SiliconANGLE: Outage takes ChatGPT, Sora and OpenAI’s APIs offline for many users
• 9to5mac.com: PSA: ChatGPT is currently down for some users
• Techmeme: OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services "experiencing high error rates" for a few hours (Emma Roth/The Verge)
• Search Engine Journal: Major Outage Hits OpenAI ChatGPT
• Techmeme: OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services "experiencing high error rates" for a few hours (Emma Roth/The Verge)
• Gadgets 360: OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora Services Now Fully Operational After Suffering a Major Outage

Classification:

• HashTags: #ChatGPTDown #OpenAI #AIService
• Company: OpenAI
• Target: ChatGPT Users
• Product: ChatGPT
• Feature: service outage
• Type: News
• Severity: Medium

References :

• www.techmeme.com: OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services "experiencing high error rates" for a few hours (Emma Roth/The Verge)
• siliconangle.com: Outage takes ChatGPT, Sora and OpenAI’s APIs offline for many users
• www.macrumors.com: ChatGPT Experiencing Outage
• Search Engine Journal: Major Outage Hits OpenAI ChatGPT
• The Verge: OpenAI says ChatGPT is mostly recovered and APIs and Sora fully operational, after an outage led to the services "experiencing high error rates" for a few hours (Emma Roth/The Verge)
• Antonio Pequen?o IV: OpenAI’s ChatGPT Is Down—Here’s What We Know

Classification:

• HashTags: #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AIDisruption
• Company: OpenAI
• Target: OpenAI Users
• Product: ChatGPT, Sora
• Feature: service disruption
• Type: ProductUpdate
• Severity: Major

Reports have surfaced regarding a potential data breach at OpenAI, with claims suggesting that 20 million user accounts may have been compromised. The cybercriminal known as "emirking" claimed to have stolen the login credentials and put them up for sale on a dark web forum, even sharing samples of the supposed stolen data. Early investigations indicate that the compromised credentials did not originate from a direct breach of OpenAI's systems.

Instead, cybersecurity researchers believe the credentials were harvested through infostealer malware, which collects login information from various sources on infected devices. Security experts suggest that the extensive credential theft may have been achieved by exploiting vulnerabilities or securing admin credentials. OpenAI is currently investigating the incident. Users are urged to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication.


References :

• socradar.io: Massive OpenAI Leak, WordPress Admin Exploit, Inkafarma Data Breach
• www.heise.de: Cyberattack? OpenAI investigates potential leak of 20 million users' data
• www.the420.in: The 420 reports on cybercriminal emirking claiming to have stolen 20 million OpenAI user credentials.
• Cybernews: A Russian threat actor has posted for sale the alleged login account credentials for 20 million OpenAI ChatGPT accounts.
• www.scworld.com: Such an extensive OpenAI account credential theft may have been achieved by exploiting vulnerabilities or securing admin credentials to infiltrate the auth0.openai.com subdomain, according to Malwarebytes researchers, who noted that confirmation of the leak's legitimacy would suggest emirking's access to ChatGPT conversations and queries.
• BleepingComputer: BleepingComputer article on the potential OpenAI data breach.
• The420.in: The420.in article on the alleged theft of OpenAI user credentials.
• cyberinsider.com: CyberInsider details how an alleged OpenAI data breach is actually an infostealer logs collection.

Classification:

• HashTags: #OpenAI #DataBreach #Infostealers
• Company: OpenAI
• Target: OpenAI users
• Product: OpenAI accounts
• Feature: Account compromise
• Malware: Infostealers
• Type: DataBreach
• Severity: Medium