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Japanese Teen Arrested for Booting Users Off Streaming Service

Police say the teen used a ChatGPT-created program to cancel 46,812 accounts and briefly disrupt Bandai Channel operations.

Summary by The Japan Times
The teen identified a vulnerability in the Bandai Channel system and used an artificial intelligence chatbot to create a malicious program to cancel the accounts.

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Japanese High School Student Arrested for Hacking Streaming Service Server with GPT Assistance

(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = A high school student in Japan was arrested by police on charges of obstructing business operations after launching a cyber attack using artificial intelligence (AI).

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service

The teen identified a vulnerability in the Bandai Channel system and used an artificial intelligence chatbot to create a malicious program to cancel the accounts.

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Japanese teen arrested for cyberattack that unsubscribed over 46,000 anime accounts

He had used a program he created with the assistance of ChatGPT to disrupt the Bandai Channel streaming service. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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15-year-old arrested in Japan over alleged cyberattacks on Bandai Namco anime streaming service using ChatGPT-generated malware  - AUTOMATON WEST

The boy illegally accessed and cancelled the subscriptions of over 46 thousand accounts using malware generated by ChatGPT.

·Osaka, Japan
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産経ニュース産経ニュース

A 15-Year-Old Male High School Student Has Been Arrested on Suspicion of Using AI to Launch a Cyberattack on Bandai Channel, Causing It to Be Temporarily Shut Down.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Cybercrime Countermeasures Division has arrested a 15-year-old male high school student from Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, on suspicion of fraudulent obstruction of business. He is accused of launching a cyberattack against the company operating the anime streaming site "Bandai Channel," illegally deactivating over 40,000 accounts and disrupting business operations. He admitted to the charges, st…

·Japan
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産経ニュース broke the news in Japan on Monday, July 6, 2026.
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