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ChatGPT Used in Planning School Stabbing in Finland

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Police discovered that a teenager used ChatGPT extensively to research and plan a school stabbing attack. The suspect's queries included anatomy, police procedures, and manifesto drafting.

first report
20 May 2025
last update
20 May 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 20 May 2025ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used in Planning School Stabbing in Pirkkala, Finland, That Injured Three Pupils

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-05-20

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
AI-assisted intrusion
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
OpenAI
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
dates
happened 20 May 2025 · first reported 20 May 2025
origin
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confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# ChatGPT Used in Planning School Stabbing in Finland

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/chatgpt-used-in-planning-school-stabbing-in-finland · AIR-2025-0083 · closed 2025-06-03

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-05-20
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: ChatGPT

## Summary

Police discovered that a teenager used ChatGPT extensively to research and plan a school stabbing attack. The suspect's queries included anatomy, police procedures, and manifesto drafting.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-05-20: ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used in Planning School Stabbing in Pirkkala, Finland, That Injured Three Pupils (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1489)

## Sources

- 2025-05-20 AI Incident Database: ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used in Planning School Stabbing in Pirkkala, Finland, That Injured Three Pupils https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1489

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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