CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT • Hacker News Board

Re: CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT

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Post by avs733 » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

kulahan wrote: post #258

avs733 wrote: post #208

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The question isn’t whether they want it is whether they have a business need, as with any employee. The CEO of vocal cola has no business need to know the secret formula. Giving it to him has no upside only downside, so you don’t.

So who gets the formula? A chemist with no vested interest? I have no clue why a CEO would be untrustworthy when any other employer wouldn’t be.

Whoever needs to to do their job. And you put in security controls (e.g. part A and part B). Also compensate your people well and don’t publicize who they are.

Semiconductor does this all the time…engineers on team A know only about their process critical gate materials step. Engineers on team B know about their lithography step. They are trained not to disclose and people respect that.

Re: CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT

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Post by KellyCriterion » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC

duxup wrote: post #184

It's so often the guys that are at the top who are the exception to the rules that are the problem. I knew some folks who worked military communications and they broke rules regularly because senior officers just didn't want to walk across the street to do something secure...

I had a C-level guy who installed on his fresh notebook a FireFox extension from the wrong domain, it contained mailware - he missed the official link in Google and clicked on whatever scammer site to download the extension :-X

Re: CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT

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Post by NicoJuicy » Sat, Feb 07, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC

watwut wrote: post #227

NicoJuicy wrote: post #223

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A polygraph isn't a competency test. It's a person reliability test and he failed it.

> It's a person reliability test and he failed it. It does not have the capability to say whether the person is reliable. It is a bunch of pseudoscience, basically.

70-90% accuracy...

Doesn't matter. There's only 1 reason why someone wouldn't want to take 1

Re: CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT

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Post by mythrwy » Mon, Feb 09, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

lysace wrote: post #132

mythrwy wrote: post #96

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That is one of the best comments I've seen on HN to date! It seriously got me laughing. Thanks.

I am so happy that my embarrassing lack of geographical knowledge of the US states' internal geographies amused you. A good laugh is great for your health, I've heard. At least I know where your country is located. Now, let me quiz you on the geographical locations of French regions? Or perhaps Finnish regions, if that's something you work closer with, day-to-day? ;)

Hahah I'll fail!