"The acting head of U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA uploaded sensitive contracting documents marked "for official use only" to ChatGPT, according to Politico. The outlet, citing officials, reported Tuesday that CISA's acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, appointed by Trump, triggered multiple automated security warnings that are designed to prevent the theft or inadvertent disclosure of government files from federal networks. Gottumukkala was reportedly granted an exception to use ChatGPT earlier in his tenure as CISA director at a time when other employees were prohibited."
"Uploading unclassified but internal government documents to a public version of a large language model is problematic, as it allows the model to train itself on that information, potentially allowing its contents to be shared with others who use it. A CISA spokesperson told Politico that Gottumukkala's use of ChatGPT was "short-term and limited." Prior to his appointment at CISA, Gottumukkala served as the chief information officer of South Dakota under then-governor Kristi Noem."
Madhu Gottumukkala, acting head of CISA, uploaded internal contracting documents marked "for official use only" to the public ChatGPT platform and triggered automated security warnings on federal networks. He had been granted an exception to use ChatGPT while other employees remained prohibited. Department of Homeland Security officials opened a review to determine whether the uploads harmed government security. Uploading unclassified but internal government documents to public large language models risks the model training on and later exposing that information. CISA described his use as short-term and limited. Gottumukkala previously served as South Dakota CIO and reportedly failed a counterintelligence polygraph.
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