ChatGPT Account Compromise Leads to Unintended Data Exposure

January 30, 2024

A security incident involving ChatGPT resulted in the exposure of sensitive conversations, including login credentials and personal data, following an account compromise. OpenAI addressed the issue promptly. This underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI practices, and the need for Project Cerebellum's governance initiatives to establish robust guardrails for AI.

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MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.668, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: openai
Alleged developer: openai
Alleged harmed parties: chatgpt-users, chase-whiteside

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/657

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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