Posted January 29Jan 29 https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cyber-security-sensitive-materials-chatgpt-b2909704.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/cisa-acting-director-madhu-gottumukkala-polygraph-investigation-00701996The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency uploaded "sensitive" contracting materials to a public version of ChatGPT, triggering an internal review, according to a new report.Madhu Gottumukkala, CISA's acting director under President Donald Trump, shared the files with the AI platform last summer, multiple unnamed Department of Homeland Security officials told Politico.Though not classified, the documents were marked "for official use only” — indicating they were sensitive and not for public release. Their upload set off automated alerts designed to prevent disclosure of government materials, the outlet said.In August, top DHS officials conducted an internal review to determine whether any government infrastructure had been harmed by the upload, sources said. The review's outcome remains unknown.Gottumukkala — who previously served as chief information officer for South Dakota’s Bureau of Information and Technology — had obtained special permission to use ChatGPT, which most DHS employees were prohibited from accessing.He "forced CISA’s hand into making them give him ChatGPT,” one officials told Politico. "And then he abused it.”
January 29Jan 29 37 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cyber-security-sensitive-materials-chatgpt-b2909704.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/cisa-acting-director-madhu-gottumukkala-polygraph-investigation-00701996The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency uploaded "sensitive" contracting materials to a public version of ChatGPT, triggering an internal review, according to a new report.Madhu Gottumukkala, CISA's acting director under President Donald Trump, shared the files with the AI platform last summer, multiple unnamed Department of Homeland Security officials told Politico.Though not classified, the documents were marked "for official use only” — indicating they were sensitive and not for public release. Their upload set off automated alerts designed to prevent disclosure of government materials, the outlet said.In August, top DHS officials conducted an internal review to determine whether any government infrastructure had been harmed by the upload, sources said. The review's outcome remains unknown.Gottumukkala — who previously served as chief information officer for South Dakota’s Bureau of Information and Technology — had obtained special permission to use ChatGPT, which most DHS employees were prohibited from accessing.He "forced CISA’s hand into making them give him ChatGPT,” one officials told Politico. "And then he abused it.”none of this would've happened if biden didn't open the borders.
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