Japanese High School Student Arrested for Hacking Streaming Service with AI Assistance

A high school student in Japan has been arrested on charges of obstruction of business after carrying out a cyberattack using artificial intelligence (AI).

According to local media reports on July 6, Japanese police have arrested and are investigating a first-year high school student living in Saitama Prefecture for allegedly launching a cyberattack against Bandai Channel, an anime streaming service operated by the Japanese game company Bandai Namco.

The student is accused of attacking the Bandai Channel server in November of last year, which resulted in the unauthorized cancellation of 46,812 subscriber accounts and caused a service disruption.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department stated that the investigation revealed the student used a hacking program created with the help of ChatGPT to carry out the cyberattack.

The police explained that the student identified vulnerabilities in the Bandai Channel server and obtained the account information of others to commit the crime.

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