According to Bitcoin.com, Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB released a report that found 101,134 devices hacked and saved ChatGPT credentials in the past year. Group-IB's threat intelligence platform detected that these leaked accounts appeared in the logs of information-stealing malware traded on the dark web market.

These logs peaked in May 2023 (26,802), with the Asia-Pacific region seeing the highest number of ChatGPT credentials for sale, accounting for 40.5% of compromised accounts between June 2022 and May 2023. The report notes that the increase in stolen ChatGPT credentials also indicates the product’s growing popularity.

Group-IB emphasizes that more and more employees of various organizations are using ChatGPT to optimize their work in areas such as software development or business communications. "By default, ChatGPT stores a history of user queries and AI responses. Therefore, unauthorized access to ChatGPT accounts could expose confidential or sensitive information," Group-IB experts said. They explain that this data could be used to carry out targeted attacks against companies and their employees.