CISA acting director reportedly uploaded sensitive documents to ChatGPT

TechCrunch reports that the acting head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Madhu Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive contracting documents marked "for official use only" to ChatGPT, triggering multiple automated security warnings.

Politico, citing officials, reported that Gottumukkala, who was appointed by Trump, had received an exception to use ChatGPT earlier in his tenure, while other employees were prohibited. The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether this action caused any harm to government security.

Uploading unclassified but internal government documents to a public large language model like ChatGPT can allow the model to train on the information, potentially leading to its disclosure to other users. A CISA spokesperson stated that Gottumukkala's use of ChatGPT was short-term and limited.

Source: TechCrunch