This ChatGPT Flaw Could Have Let Hackers Steal Your Google Drive Data
2025-08-07
PC Mag Middle East
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Security researchers demonstrated that a vulnerability in OpenAI's ChatGPT Connectors allows attackers to steal sensitive data from linked services like Google Drive using a single 'poisoned' document. The attack, requiring no user interaction, exploits indirect prompt injection, leading to unauthorized data access and privacy breaches.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves an AI system (ChatGPT with Connectors integration) whose use was exploited to cause harm by enabling unauthorized access to sensitive data stored in Google Drive. The exploit could have led to direct harm to individuals' data privacy and security, fulfilling the criteria for an AI Incident. Although OpenAI mitigated the issue after disclosure, the exploit was demonstrated and could have been used maliciously, indicating realized harm or at least a concrete incident of AI misuse leading to harm.[AI generated]