Fake ChatGPT, Gemini Sites steal advertising accounts, MFA codes
A new campaign targeting ad account managers uses fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity sites that steal login credentials and multi-factor.
By Dillip Chowdary • Oct 07, 2026 • Source: BleepingComputer
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BleepingComputer reports: Fake ChatGPT, Gemini Sites steal advertising accounts, MFA codes. A new campaign targeting ad account managers uses fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity sites that steal login credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes through browser-in-browser attacks. [...]
Fake ChatGPT: why it matters now
For primary quotes and complete technical detail, see BleepingComputer's original report linked above.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Verify the claim on the official Claude / ChatGPT / Gemini page (or BleepingComputer), not from this recap alone.
- ☐ Name the surface that moved — API, policy, model, hardware, or commercial terms — before you Slack the thread.
- ☐ Assign one owner a day to read the primary material and decide: this-sprint, this-quarter, or noise.
- ☐ Do not change production on day-one coverage. Watch the vendor changelog and one independent write-up first.
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