Scammers Use OpenAI API to Flood 80,000 Websites With Spam

Cybercriminals exploited OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini API to power AkiraBot, a sophisticated spambot that successfully targeted 80,000 websites with automated spam comments. The incident demonstrates how AI APIs can be weaponized at scale for malicious purposes, particularly affecting small and medium businesses with limited defenses against AI-powered attacks.