ChatGPT Account Compromise Leads to Exposure of Private Chat Logs
ChatGPT
An unauthorized compromise of a ChatGPT account reportedly exposed sensitive conversation logs containing credentials and personal details. OpenAI reviewed the incident and attributed the data leak to an account takeover rather than an underlying system flaw.
- first report
- 30 Jan 2024
- last update
- 30 Jan 2024
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2024-01-30Alleged ChatGPT Account Compromise Reportedly Led to Unintended Data ExposureAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/657
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Classification
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Data leak
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- OpenAI
- owasp llm top 10
- LLM02:2025 Sensitive Information Disclosure
- mitre atlas
- no technique for these categories
- dates
- happened 30 Jan 2024 · first reported 30 Jan 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# ChatGPT Account Compromise Leads to Exposure of Private Chat Logs https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/chatgpt-account-compromise-leads-to-exposure-of-private-chat · AIR-2024-0061 · closed 2024-02-13 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2024-01-30 - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: ChatGPT ## Summary An unauthorized compromise of a ChatGPT account reportedly exposed sensitive conversation logs containing credentials and personal details. OpenAI reviewed the incident and attributed the data leak to an account takeover rather than an underlying system flaw. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2024-01-30: Alleged ChatGPT Account Compromise Reportedly Led to Unintended Data Exposure (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/657) ## Sources - 2024-01-30 AI Incident Database: Alleged ChatGPT Account Compromise Reportedly Led to Unintended Data Exposure https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/657 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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