- A trial against the Criminal Gang Storm-2139 has been updated
- Four defendants were appointed by Microsoft
- The group would be responsible for the creation of illegal fans
A trial has partially appointed a group of criminals that would have used “multiple” API keys from Microsoft customers to access the company Azure Openai service and generate explicit celebrities buttocks. The gang would have developed and used malicious tools that allowed actors to threaten to bypass the AI generative railing to generate harmful and illegal content.
The group, nicknamed “Azure Abuse Enterprise”, would be key members of a global cybercriminal gang, followed by Microsoft as Storm-2139. Individuals have been identified as; Arian Yadegarnia Aka “FIZ” by Iran, Alan Krysiak alias “Draco” from the United Kingdom, Ricky Yuen Aka “CG-Dot” by Hong Kong, China and Phát Phùng Tấn Aka “Asakuri” from Vietnam.
Microsoft’s digital crimes unit (DCU) has filed a complaint against 10 “John made” for the violation of American law and the acceptable use policy and the Code of Conduct for the generative services of the AI - now modified to name and identify individuals.
A global network
This is an update of the previously filed prosecution, in which Microsoft described the discovery of the API Azure Openai Service keys – and has withdrawn an offline GitHub repository, the court allowing the company to enter an area linked to the operation.
“Within the framework of our initial deposit, the court made a temporary prohibition order and a preliminary injunction allowing Microsoft to enter a determining website of the criminal operation, effectively disturbing the group’s capacity to operationalize its services.”
The group is organized as creators, suppliers and users. The appointed defendants would have used identification information of clients scratched from public sources (probably involved in data leaks) and illegally accessed accounts with generative AI services.
“They then modified the capacities of these services and sold access to other malicious actors, providing detailed instructions on how to generate harmful and illicit content, including intimate non -consensual images of celebrities and other sexually explicit content,” said Steven Masada, Deputy General Councilor in the DCU of Microsoft.
