OpenAI national security officials duped by Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian intelligence
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-12
Per 404 Media's Sam Biddle, OpenAI's national security officials were tricked into a call by the Russian prank duo Vovan and Lexus, who posed as Ukraine's intelligence service — and the duo uploaded the recording online.
- Commentator sjgadler: "this is not what operational excellence looks like."
- The incident exposes a glaring verification gap: officials handling national security work failed to authenticate the caller's identity, in a phishing playbook that has repeatedly targeted politicians and tech executives.
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