Authorities in Japan have detained a 15-year-old high school student suspected of using ChatGPT to build software for a cyberattack against Bandai Namco Filmworks. The digital assault targeted the company's Bandai Channel streaming service, disrupting normal operations and resulting in the automated deletion of more than 46,000 subscriber accounts.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police suspect the teenager exploited a flaw in the anime streaming platform to launch the attack in November 2025, leaving him facing charges of fraudulent obstruction of business. According to a Straits Times report, investigators believe he used ChatGPT to help develop a program that gained unauthorised access to user profiles and automatically terminated 46,812 subscriptions.
