Tokyo Police Arrest 15-Year-Old for Using ChatGPT in Cyberattack
TechNadu · x · 2026-07-07
Tokyo police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a cyberattack on the Bandai Channel. Investigators stated the suspect used ChatGPT to help develop attack scripts. The incident resulted in over 46,800 canceled subscriptions and potentially compromised up to 1.366 million personal data records.
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