Trump's cybersecurity chief caught in massive ChatGPT blunder
President Donald Trump's interim cybersecurity chief appears to have made a rookie mistake with the public version of ChatGPT, according to a new report.
Politico reported on Tuesday that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency acting director Madhu Gottumukkala uploaded government contracting documents to ChatGPT, which set off "multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks." None of the files were classified, according to four people familiar with the matter who spoke with Politico, although the material was marked "for official use only."
"The apparent misstep from [] Gottumukkala was especially noteworthy because the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency had requested special permission from CISA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to use the popular AI tool soon after arriving at the agency this May, three of the officials said," the report reads. "The app was blocked for other DHS employees at the time."
"Cybersecurity sensors at CISA flagged the uploads this past August, said the four officials," it added. "One official specified there were multiple such warnings in the first week of August alone. Senior officials at DHS subsequently led an internal review to assess if there had been any harm to government security from the exposures, according to two of the four officials."
The results of the review have not been published, according to Politico.