OpenAI Was Hacked Last Year, Data Was Stolen But the FBI Didn’t Report it
Morrissey Technology – The artificial intelligence (AI) company behind ChatGPT, OpenAI, was reportedly the victim of a hack last year. Hackers at the time reportedly stole details about the company’s AI technology design. The news of this hack was revealed by The New York Times without mentioning the source of this news, and claimed “two people familiar with the incident” leaked this.
However, they claim the hackers only broke into the forum, not the core system, which drives OpenAI’s algorithms and AI framework. OpenAI reportedly disclosed the hacking incident to employees at an employee meeting in April last year. They also inform the board of directors.
However, OpenAI executives decided not to share the news with the public. They also did not report this incident to the FBI or other law enforcement. According to The New York Times, OpenAI did not disclose the hack to the public because information about customers was not stolen.
“Executives did not consider the incident a threat to national security because they believed the hacker was an individual with no ties to the foreign government,” the newspaper said.
The New York Times source said some OpenAI employees worry China-based adversaries could steal the company’s AI secrets and pose a threat to US national security.
Leopold Aschenbrenner, the leader of OpenAI’s supersignment team at the time, reportedly shared similar sentiments about weak security and being an easy target for foreign adversaries.
Aschenbrenner said he was fired earlier this year for sharing internal documents with three external researchers to get “feedback.” He insinuated his dismissal was unfair; he scanned the document for any sensitive information, adding that it was normal for OpenAI employees to contact other experts for a second opinion.
However, The New York Times points out that studies conducted by Anthropic and OpenAI reveal that AI is “not significantly more dangerous” than search engines like Google.
However, AI companies must ensure that their security is tight. Lawmakers are pushing for regulations that impose huge fines on companies whose AI technology causes social harm.
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