IS Supporter Used ChatGPT for Explosives Advice in Vienna Attack Plot

# IS Supporter Used ChatGPT for Explosives Advice in Vienna Attack Plot

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/is-supporter-used-chatgpt-for-explosives-advice-in-vienna-at · AIR-2025-0092 · closed 2025-04-23

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-04-09
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: ChatGPT

## Summary

An individual utilized ChatGPT to obtain instructions on building explosives in connection with planned attacks. The suspect was subsequently convicted of terrorist association and related offenses.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-04-09: 18-Year-Old Islamic State Supporter in Vienna, Austria, Reportedly Sought and Received Explosives Advice From ChatGPT Amid Disputed Embassy and Mosque Attack Allegations (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1739)

## Sources

- 2025-04-09 AI Incident Database: 18-Year-Old Islamic State Supporter in Vienna, Austria, Reportedly Sought and Received Explosives Advice From ChatGPT Amid Disputed Embassy and Mosque Attack Allegations https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1739

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