Trump's Cyber Chief Uploaded Sensitive Files To ChatGPT: Report
Source: MEDIAite
Jan 28th, 2026, 8:10 pm
President Donald Trump’s interim chief of cybersecurity uploaded sensitive documents to a public version of ChatGPT, setting off multiple security alerts and triggering an internal review at the Department of Homeland Security.
ChatGPT was blocked for all DHS employees when Madhu Gottumukkala, the Acting Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, joined the agency in May of last year. That meant that Gottumukkala had to request special access to the artificial intelligence platform from CISA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, which he did shortly after his arrival, Politico reported on Tuesday.
The acting director proceeded to upload documents, some of which were marked “for official use only,” a government label for information considered sensitive and not for public release. These uploads triggered multiple automated alerts, put in place to signal a possible theft or disclosure of government material.
Gottumukkala “forced CISA’s hand into making them give him ChatGPT, and then he abused it,” said one of the four DHS officials with knowledge of the incident who spoke to Politico. Another claimed that Gottumukkala triggered multiple alerts in just one week. An investigation into a possible breach of security was subsequently conducted by DHS. The results of the investigation have not been publicly reported.
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