Users are waking up to discover OpenAI leaked their data this morning via a faulty third-party plugin. Here's what you need to know.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/31211123

I honest to fucking God don’t understand how cybersec is so fucking bad that there are so many damn data breaches that I lost count. I had a few accounts on chatgpt (that I dont use anymore) but they are all compromised now…

Just what the fuck is this shit? Are they done by lone actors or cybercrime gang? Or are they state actors or state-backed actors? Or are they inside jobs to allow the company to sell data illegally to make more money? Flock has admitted to using data from data breaches to their system.

You also notice how rarely you hear about cybercriminals getting caught? It’s almost like if you take even a minor bit of opsec you can get away with anything.

    • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Vibe coding at its finest? Maybe they were implemented by Copilot and it saw an opportunity to hurt a rival AI?

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “WE didn’t get hacked, we only gave all the data of our customers to a third party and THEY got hacked!”

  • straycatstrut@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I was taught at an impressionable age that the only winning move was not to play. Advice that has not failed me in some 42 years now. Thanks Joshua!

  • fort_burp@feddit.nlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    OpenAI claims that ChatGPT users were unaffected, with chat content, API usage, passwords, payment details, and government IDs remaining safe.

    Ah yes, OpenAI, the trustworthy company run by trustworthy folks. I’m sure they just need $300 bn to re-safeguard your personal data.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Never used AI online, never will. I played with a locally installed, air-gapped, Deepseek just to see what it was like, because I don’t trust it at all. Meh.

    I don’t get the hype.

    Y’all have fun with that, I’m going to avoid it as much as I can.

    • MrSmith@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This is pretty much the reaction of most people. And the number of such people is increasing (as they are finishing up on “playing”)

  • NotSteve_@piefed.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    confirm[ing] that a ton of user data has been exposed owing to a breach in a third-party web analytics tool called Mixpanel.

    Important detail to know before commenting: it was Mixpanel analytics apparently that was breached and not ChatGPT itself.

    Another reason to have Firefox strict privacy mode turned on along with uBlock and Disconnect though :)