OpenAI user data was breached, but changing your password won't help - here's why

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ZDNET key takeaways

• Some OpenAI customer data was exfiltrated in a supply chain attack.
• The attack only affected visitors to OpenAI's API documentation.
• The damage was minimal yet noteworthy.

In case you missed it, which would have been easy to do given the timing, OpenAI -- the company responsible for generative AI solutions like ChatGPT and Sora -- announced on Thanksgiving eve that some of its customer data had been stolen as the result of a type of cyber intrusion known as a supply chain attack. 

A supply chain attack occurs when, in targeting a major tech brand like OpenAI, threat actors launch their attack against one of the third-party solutions used by that brand. 

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