The Economic Times

15-year-old allegedly used ChatGPT to hack anime platform, unsubscribed 46,000 users in Japan

A Japanese teenager was arrested for allegedly using AI to disrupt Bandai Namco's streaming service. The cyberattack caused the cancellation of over 46,000 user accounts and left the platform offline. Investigators believe the student used ChatGPT to help develop software for unauthorized access. Personal data of over 1.3 million members may have been exposed during the incident.