Analysis

WormGPT on Trial: The 23-Year-Old Who Sold Uncensored ChatGPT on the Dark Web

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Coverage timeline

15 Aug 2023outpost24.com 17 Aug 2026pasqualepillitteri.it 14 Sep 2026locodigital.com.brobserved

Why it matters

WormGPT and FraudGPT lower the barrier to entry for cybercrime, letting unsophisticated criminals mass-produce convincing phishing and malware via subscription access, which increases attack volume and personalization that defenders must anticipate.

WormGPT and FraudGPT are malicious large language models sold on dark web forums as 'uncensored' alternatives to ChatGPT, built on open models like GPT-J (or GPT-3) with safety filters stripped out and subscription pricing from roughly US$60 to US$1,700. The explainer describes how these tools remove safeguards to generate malware, phishing pages, and convincing business email compromise campaigns, and notes a wave of clones (EscapeGPT, WolfGPT) following their 2023 commercial success.