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title: "Russian Pranksters Trick OpenAI National Security Team in Fake Intelligence Call"
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published_at: "2026-11-12T00:37:28.000Z"
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topics: ["openai","safety"]
source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/russian-pranksters-trick-openai-national-security-team-in-fake-intellige-7bd69fe5","https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2120667078810308636","https://huggingnews.com/ai/russian-pranksters-trick-openai-national-security-team-in-fake-intellige-7bd69fe5","https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2120735027428560934","https://x.com/max_paperclips/status/2120704244252803348","https://x.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/2120721029345759395","https://x.com/blackroomsec/status/2120710839229448594","https://huggingnews.com/ai/three-openai-executives-leak-military-ai-support-details-in-russian-pran-d578dd8b"]
summary: "Russian pranksters deceived OpenAI's national security team into believing they were communicating with the Ukrainian intelligence service during a staged phone call, later publishing the audio recording online. The incident was described as the latest in a series of embarrassing reports about AI executives' conduct."
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# Russian Pranksters Trick OpenAI National Security Team in Fake Intelligence Call

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**Published:** 2026-11-12T00:37:28.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

Russian pranksters deceived OpenAI's national security team into believing they were communicating with the Ukrainian intelligence service during a staged phone call, later publishing the audio recording online\. The incident was described as the latest in a series of embarrassing reports about AI executives' conduct\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/russian-pranksters-trick-openai-national-security-team-in-fake-intellige-7bd69fe5>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/samfbiddle/status/2120667078810308636>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/russian-pranksters-trick-openai-national-security-team-in-fake-intellige-7bd69fe5>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2120735027428560934>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/max_paperclips/status/2120704244252803348>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/2120721029345759395>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/blackroomsec/status/2120710839229448594>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/three-openai-executives-leak-military-ai-support-details-in-russian-pran-d578dd8b>)