US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report
9 days ago
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- Acting head of US cybersecurity agency uploaded sensitive files to public ChatGPT.
- Documents marked 'For Official Use Only' were involved in the upload.
- Gottumukkala had special access to ChatGPT, which is blocked for other DHS staff.
- Cybersecurity monitoring flagged the uploads, triggering a damage assessment.
- Public ChatGPT shares inputs with OpenAI, raising data security concerns.
- CISA stated Gottumukkala's use was 'short-term and limited' with DHS controls.
- Gottumukkala previously failed a counterintelligence polygraph test.
- Incident occurs amid Trump administration's push for AI adoption in federal agencies.
- Trump signed an executive order to limit state-level AI regulation.
- Pentagon announced an 'AI-first' strategy for military use of AI.