Dark Web Vendors Launch 'WormGPT' — a $60/Month ChatGPT Clone With All the Safety Training Removed. It Writes Flawless Phishing Emails in Any Language, Generates Polymorphic Malware, and Will Tell You How to Cook Meth. SlashNext: Phishing Emails Jumped 1,265% in Six Months.
July 2023: A vendor on a Russian hacking forum releases WormGPT — a LoRA-finetuned GPT-J-6B with zero refusals. Monthly sub: 60 EUR. Lifetime: 550 EUR. Reviews rave about its malware code quality and 'zero censorship.' SlashNext reports a 1,265% increase in sophisticated phishing attempts within two quarters. The author voluntarily shuts it down in August after media attention — but FraudGPT, DarkBard, and XXXGPT immediately fill the void. By 2024 there are 12+ uncensored LLM services openly advertised to cybercriminals.
Dark Web Vendors Launch 'WormGPT' — a $60/Month ChatGPT Clone With All the Safety Training Removed. It Writes Flawless Phishing Emails in Any Language, Generates Polymorphic Malware, and Will Tell You How to Cook Meth. SlashNext: Phishing Emails Jumped 1,265% in Six Months.
July 2023: A vendor on a Russian hacking forum releases WormGPT — a LoRA-finetuned GPT-J-6B with zero refusals. Monthly sub: 60 EUR. Lifetime: 550 EUR. Reviews rave about its malware code quality and 'zero censorship.' SlashNext reports a 1,265% increase in sophisticated phishing attempts within two quarters. The author voluntarily shuts it down in August after media attention — but FraudGPT, DarkBard, and XXXGPT immediately fill the void. By 2024 there are 12+ uncensored LLM services openly advertised to cybercriminals.
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