• Europcar denies data breach affecting 50 million customers says

    From TechnologyDaily@1337:1/100 to All on Thu Feb 1 14:00:06 2024
    Europcar denies data breach affecting 50 million customers says ChatGPT is
    to blame in creating fake data

    Date:
    Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:54:28 +0000

    Description:
    Europcar says a data leak affecting its customers is fake, but was the data generated by AI?

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    Europcar has said that a data breach affecting millions of its customers is fake.

    A threat actor was discovered selling a database on a well-known underground forum which they claimed holds the records of close to 50 million customers
    of the car rental firm. The sample they shared shows apparent names, addresses, license numbers, and bank details among the information.

    However, after BleepingComputer contacted Europcar, the firm claimed the breach is not real, adding the data was likely spoofed using AI tools such as ChatGPT. AI generated?

    Europcar says it arrived at this suspicion as the, "addresses don't exist,
    ZIP codes don't match, first name and last name don't match email addresses, email addressesuse very unusual TLDs."

    What's more, the company also stated that "none of these email addresses are present in our database."

    There are mismatches between usernames and emails, and some addresses have been made up, such as "Lake Alyssaberg, DC" and "West Paulburgh, PA." Also, addresses and phone numbers pertain to regions in the US, while many of the corresponding email addresses are foreign.

    HaveIBeenPwned creator Troy Hunt chimed in on X, tweeting that while he believes the data is fake, it isn't necessarily AI-generated, pointing out that some of the email addresses contained in the dataset are real - they've just appeared in previous, unrelated data breaches monitored by the site.

    He also said that "we've had fabricated breaches since forever," not just since the AI boom we're experiencing right now. There are also various services that can easily create fake datasets that look convincing on the surface, for the purposes of creating XML documents and anonymizing data, among others. MORE FROM TECHRADAR PRO Here are the best ransomware protection services to keep your data safe Data breaches and outages are more of a security risk than ever before Cybercriminals are exploiting AI tools like ChatGPT to craft more convincing phishing attacks, alarming cybersecurity experts



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