{"id":5374,"date":"2026-07-09T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:36:27","slug":"japanese-teen-arrested-after-allegedly-using-chatgpt-in-cyberattack-that-deleted-46000-anime-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=5374","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Teen Arrested After Allegedly Using ChatGPT in Cyberattack That Deleted 46,000 Anime Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tokyo:<\/strong> A 15-year-old high school student in Japan has been arrested for allegedly using <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> to help develop software used in a cyberattack that resulted in the deletion of <strong>more than 46,000 user accounts<\/strong> on an anime streaming platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to international media reports, the teenager is accused of creating a program that targeted <strong>Bandai Channel<\/strong>, a streaming service operated by <strong>Bandai Namco Filmworks<\/strong>. The attack disrupted the platform&#8217;s operations and led to the deletion of tens of thousands of customer accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police said the alleged offense took place in <strong>November 2025<\/strong>, and the student is suspected of <strong>obstructing business operations through fraudulent electronic means<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators believe the teenager exploited weaknesses in the platform&#8217;s security system, forcing the company to temporarily suspend parts of its service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During questioning, the student reportedly said he began using computers in the <strong>fourth grade<\/strong> and wrote the source code himself. However, because the processing took too long, he used <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> to help complete and adapt the code in different programming languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police also said the suspect admitted that he <strong>held no personal grudge against Bandai Namco Filmworks<\/strong>, claiming he targeted the platform simply because it had a large number of user accounts that he believed he could access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have not alleged that ChatGPT acted independently; rather, they claim it was used as a programming assistance tool in the development of the software involved in the alleged attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo: A 15-year-old high school student in Japan has been arrested for allegedly using ChatGPT to help develop software used in a cyberattack that resulted..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/437709_8602088_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=11\" rel=\"category\">Science<\/a>","tag_info":"Science","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5376,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5374\/revisions\/5376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}