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Every sector meets AI differently: different data, different rules, different attackers. These are the ones we advise, and what usually comes first.
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May 2023
Patient notes written with ChatGPT
Staff at five Perth hospitals were told to stop using AI tools immediately after a doctor used ChatGPT to write a patient’s discharge summary. The health service said there was no assurance of patient confidentiality.
Source: ABC News -
June 2023
Six court cases that never existed
A New York federal judge fined two lawyers and their firm $5,000 after they filed a brief citing six court decisions that ChatGPT had invented (Mata v. Avianca).
Source: CNBC -
January 2024
A $25 million video call
An Arup employee in Hong Kong made 15 transfers totaling about US$25 million after a video call in which every other participant, including the “CFO”, was a deepfake.
Source: CNN -
September 2023
One call to the help desk
Attackers reportedly talked their way past MGM Resorts’ IT help desk. MGM shut down its systems across its properties and put the hit at about $100 million.
Source: MGM Resorts, SEC Form 8-K -
March 2023
$426,000 wired to a fake attorney
A Connecticut homebuyer received a spoofed email from their “attorney” and wired $426,000 to close. The FBI froze the account in time and returned $425,000.
Source: FBI IC3 2023 Internet Crime Report -
December 2023
A $1 Chevy Tahoe
A Chevrolet dealership’s ChatGPT-powered website chatbot was talked into “agreeing” to sell a new Tahoe for $1, “a legally binding offer”.
Source: Gizmodo -
April 2023
Chip source code pasted into ChatGPT
Samsung engineers uploaded confidential semiconductor source code to ChatGPT. Within weeks the company banned generative AI tools on its devices.
Source: Bloomberg -
March 2024
A city chatbot that advised breaking the law
New York City’s official AI chatbot told business owners they could take a cut of workers’ tips, and told landlords they could turn away tenants with housing vouchers. Both are illegal.
Source: The Markup
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