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US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report

435 points by randycupertino 9mo ago

wnevets 9mo ago
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01284a7e 9mo ago
"Information wants to be free". Government stooges help information with what it wants.
- direwolf20 9mo ago
  The second half of the quote: "but information also wants to be expensive"
zzzeek 9mo ago
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- geodel 9mo ago
  Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays?
  - pepperball 9mo ago
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  - zzzeek 9mo ago
    I guess you kids have no idea who the Secretary of Transportation is
    - jimt1234 9mo ago
      Do kids know what MTV is?
    - hackyhacky 9mo ago
      Sean Duffy was born in 1971. His oldest child is (or was) pregnant. He is literally a middle aged grandpa.
      - zzzeek 9mo ago
        and i mentioned this being about the guys age exactly where
        hackyhacky 9mo ago
        For reference, you responded to this post: > Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays? with this: > I guess you kids have no idea who the Secretary of Transportation is It seems to me that GP knows exactly who the Secretary of Transportation is. If you've got some clever hidden alternative interpretation of your comment, please share it with us.
        zzzeek 9mo ago
        the secretary of transportation gained his fame and notoriety by being a star in an MTV reality show in the 1990s and that's why Trump likes him. Not because he got a law degree or used his dad's influence to become a prosecutor, there's millions of those. Get it? Trump picks wildly unqualified idiots from TV shows, just like him.
Havoc 9mo ago
Well they’re about to solve that by intentionally cramming it into grok instead
- pstuart 9mo ago
  DOGE already extracted their data of interest, but no doubt they're hungry for more.
  - rbanffy 9mo ago
    There’s always a buyer for this kind of data. I’m sure there is a lot of activity in those markets.
theyneverlear 9mo ago
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hareykrishna 9mo ago
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- dmix 9mo ago
  Sounds like he came on a student visa from India and got citizenship.
  - rbanffy 9mo ago
    Citizenship can be revoked in cases that involve serious offences.
    - Jtsummers 9mo ago
      It usually requires fraud in receiving the citizenship for it to be revoked. Once naturalized, if you commit a serious offense unrelated to the citizenship process itself, you'll keep your US citizenship.
      - direwolf20 9mo ago
        Or ICE shows up at a naturalization hearing.
      - selimthegrim 9mo ago
        Don't hold your breath, Miller is big on denaturalization these days.
        Jtsummers 9mo ago
        But he hasn't done anything yet, he just wants to. There's no legal standing for it at this point beyond what I said. Every case I've been able to find was tied to fraud associated with the naturalization process (either the process itself, or false statements given during the process).
        9mo ago
billy99k 9mo ago
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- jimt1234 9mo ago
  Not sure if this is serious or satire.
  - gadders 9mo ago
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    - ceejayoz 9mo ago
      You think Clinton's email scandal "was quickly buried"?
      - ben_w 9mo ago
        To add to your point: and if so, what were the "lock her up" chants about if not this?
        jimt1234 9mo ago
        But her emails?!
      - ohyoutravel 9mo ago
        It was so well covered that there was a whole meme about it that everyone can recite to this day.
      - gadders 9mo ago
        She's not been prosecuted, so yeah.
- afavour 9mo ago
  > Hillary Clinton used a randomly hosted email server to send out official government emails for months. The story was quickly buried You cannot be serious. That story arguably changed the course of the 2016 election. It was by absolutely no means “buried”.
mekdoonggi 9mo ago
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nilstycho 9mo ago
Better to read the original story from Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumuk...
- HelloUsername 9mo ago
  Which had no discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672
  - nilstycho 9mo ago
    O algorithm, algorithm! all men call thee fickle.
mlmonkey 9mo ago
It looke like he's unfit for the position, and was using ChatGPT to burnish his reports etc.
- RegW 9mo ago
  Hey dude. That's a thought. Get your AI to expand it into a full report and send it to my AI to summarize!
ryu360i 9mo ago
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tomhow 9mo ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672.

435 points by randycupertino 9mo ago

wnevets 9mo ago

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01284a7e 9mo ago

"Information wants to be free". Government stooges help information with what it wants.

direwolf20 9mo ago
The second half of the quote: "but information also wants to be expensive"

zzzeek 9mo ago

[flagged]

geodel 9mo ago
Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays?
- pepperball 9mo ago
  [dead]
- zzzeek 9mo ago
  I guess you kids have no idea who the Secretary of Transportation is
  - jimt1234 9mo ago
    Do kids know what MTV is?
  - hackyhacky 9mo ago
    Sean Duffy was born in 1971. His oldest child is (or was) pregnant. He is literally a middle aged grandpa.
    - zzzeek 9mo ago
      and i mentioned this being about the guys age exactly where
      - hackyhacky 9mo ago
        For reference, you responded to this post: > Do they have Middle Age Grandpas on MTV nowadays? with this: > I guess you kids have no idea who the Secretary of Transportation is It seems to me that GP knows exactly who the Secretary of Transportation is. If you've got some clever hidden alternative interpretation of your comment, please share it with us.
        zzzeek 9mo ago
        the secretary of transportation gained his fame and notoriety by being a star in an MTV reality show in the 1990s and that's why Trump likes him. Not because he got a law degree or used his dad's influence to become a prosecutor, there's millions of those. Get it? Trump picks wildly unqualified idiots from TV shows, just like him.

Havoc 9mo ago

Well they’re about to solve that by intentionally cramming it into grok instead

pstuart 9mo ago
DOGE already extracted their data of interest, but no doubt they're hungry for more.
- rbanffy 9mo ago
  There’s always a buyer for this kind of data. I’m sure there is a lot of activity in those markets.

theyneverlear 9mo ago

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hareykrishna 9mo ago

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dmix 9mo ago
Sounds like he came on a student visa from India and got citizenship.
- rbanffy 9mo ago
  Citizenship can be revoked in cases that involve serious offences.
  - Jtsummers 9mo ago
    It usually requires fraud in receiving the citizenship for it to be revoked. Once naturalized, if you commit a serious offense unrelated to the citizenship process itself, you'll keep your US citizenship.
    - direwolf20 9mo ago
      Or ICE shows up at a naturalization hearing.
    - selimthegrim 9mo ago
      Don't hold your breath, Miller is big on denaturalization these days.
      - Jtsummers 9mo ago
        But he hasn't done anything yet, he just wants to. There's no legal standing for it at this point beyond what I said. Every case I've been able to find was tied to fraud associated with the naturalization process (either the process itself, or false statements given during the process).
        9mo ago

billy99k 9mo ago

[dead]

jimt1234 9mo ago
Not sure if this is serious or satire.
- gadders 9mo ago
  [flagged]
  - ceejayoz 9mo ago
    You think Clinton's email scandal "was quickly buried"?
    - ben_w 9mo ago
      To add to your point: and if so, what were the "lock her up" chants about if not this?
      - jimt1234 9mo ago
        But her emails?!
    - ohyoutravel 9mo ago
      It was so well covered that there was a whole meme about it that everyone can recite to this day.
    - gadders 9mo ago
      She's not been prosecuted, so yeah.
afavour 9mo ago
> Hillary Clinton used a randomly hosted email server to send out official government emails for months. The story was quickly buried You cannot be serious. That story arguably changed the course of the 2016 election. It was by absolutely no means “buried”.

mekdoonggi 9mo ago

[flagged]

nilstycho 9mo ago

Better to read the original story from Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumuk...

HelloUsername 9mo ago
Which had no discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672
- nilstycho 9mo ago
  O algorithm, algorithm! all men call thee fickle.

mlmonkey 9mo ago

It looke like he's unfit for the position, and was using ChatGPT to burnish his reports etc.

RegW 9mo ago
Hey dude. That's a thought. Get your AI to expand it into a full report and send it to my AI to summarize!

ryu360i 9mo ago

[dead]

tomhow 9mo ago

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46786672.