High Severity

Brand Impersonation: OpenAI with ChatGPT Ads lure

Description

Detects messages impersonating OpenAI or ChatGPT, that contain specific references to ChatGPT Ads. Observed harvesting advertisting account credentials.

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Sublime Security
Created Jun 24th, 2026 • Last updated Jun 24th, 2026
Source
type.inbound
and (
  // sender or subject contains openai or chatgpt
  regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\bchat\s*gpt\b')
  or regex.icontains(sender.display_name, '\bopen\s*a[li]\b')
  or regex.icontains(subject.subject, '\bchat\s*gpt\b')
  or regex.icontains(subject.subject, '\bopen\s*a[li]\b')
  or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                     '(?:regarding\s*your\s*Open\s*A[lI]\s*account|Open\s*A[lI]\s*\.\s*All\s*rights\s*reserved|the\s*open\s*ai\s*team)'
  )
  // display name references OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  or strings.icontains(sender.display_name, "Sam Altman")
  // OpenAI mailing address
  or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                     '3180 18(?:th)? St(?:reet)?,? San Francisco,? (?:CA|California)'
  )
)
and 2 of (
  regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text, 'ChatGPT.{0,15}Ads'),
  strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "ad account"),
  strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "connect account"),
  strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "ad campaign"),
  strings.icontains(body.current_thread.text, "invitation"),
)
// suspicious sender domain
and (
  regex.icontains(sender.email.domain.domain, '(?:open.?ai|chat.?gpt)')
  or network.whois(sender.email.domain).days_old < 365
)
// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and not (
  sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
  and coalesce(headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass, false)
)
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