# OpenAI — STORM-0817: Iran-linked malware and scraping activity

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2024-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Source: https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-storm-0817
- Record: https://forck.live/items/701-storm-0817-iran-linked-malware-and-scraping-activity

OpenAI banned accounts linked to the Iran-based group STORM-0817 that were using AI for malicious purposes, including debugging Android malware, scraping social media platforms, and translating tools.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-storm-0817:

> OpenAI banned Iran-linked STORM-0817 accounts using AI to debug Android malware, scrape social platforms, and translate tooling.

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