Sources: CISA's interim director Madhu Gottumukkala triggered automated security warnings in summer 2025 by uploading sensitive documents to ChatGPT
Cybersecurity sensors at CISA flagged the uploads this past August, said the four officials. One official specified there were multiple …
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NEW: CISA's acting director put sensitive agency contracting material into a public version of ChatGPT this August. It triggered an internal security alert — and a DHS-level damage assessment. https://www.politico.com/...
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CISA's acting director reportedly uploaded “sensitive contracting documents” to the public version of ChatGPT in violation of government rules, triggering a review. www.politico.com/news/2026/01... The misstep, and the leak about it, are the latest signs that Madhu Gottumukkala …
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Oh my. I heard a lot about him at DistrictCon this weekend and not on a good way. [embedded post]
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This guy is in charge of a “cybersecurity” agency? Seriously? [embedded post]
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