00:00Sensitive U.S. government files ended up on ChatGPT.
00:05And the person responsible was neither a hacker nor a hostile actor.
00:10But the head of U.S. cybersecurity himself.
00:13The scandal was revealed.
00:15The scandal was revealed by four officials at the Department of Homeland Security, according to a report by Politico.
00:20They told Politico that Madhu Gotumukala, upon a suicide, was a crime.
00:25Assuming his role as acting head of the agency, requested special authorization from the chief...
00:30...information office to use ChatGPT, which is otherwise banned for employees.
00:35After receiving approval, he uploaded sensitive files in August to the free...
00:40...public version of the AI tool.
00:42The documents reportedly included agency...
00:45...contract materials marked for official use only.
00:49The risks...
00:50...surrounding Gotumukala's actions lies in the fact that any material uploaded to the public version...
00:55...of ChatGPT is shared with OpenAI, the company that owns the application...
01:00...this means the data could potentially be used to help respond to queries.
01:05...from other users of the platform, which has more than 700 million active users.
01:10Gotumukala is currently the highest ranking Politico...
01:15...a political official at CISA, the agency tasked with protecting federal networks...
01:20...from sophisticated cyber attacks carried out by rival states such as Russia and China.
01:25His actions now remain under scrutiny, pending the outcome of an internal review.
01:30...to be continued...
01:31...to be continued...
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