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CISA Acting Director Reportedly Uploaded Sensitive Government Documents to Public ChatGPT Instance

July 15, 2025

The Acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Madhu Gottumukkala, reportedly uploaded sensitive government documents marked 'for official use only' into a public instance of ChatGPT. This action triggered automated cybersecurity alerts and initiated a Department of Homeland Security review to evaluate potential information exposure risks.

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Alleged deployer
madhu-gottumukkala
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
united-states-department-of-homeland-security, cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency, united-states-government, national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1360

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