OpenAI on Thursday said that it has stopped the use of analytics platform Mixpanel after a security incident at the vendor led to user information being leaked for the company’s API accounts. The San Francisco based AI startup also noted that users of ChatGPT and other products were not impacted due to the leak.<\/p>\n
The company says that it used Mixpanel to help it understand product usage and improve its services for its API<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of our security investigation, we removed Mixpanel from our production services, reviewed the affected datasets, and are working closely with Mixpanel and other partners to fully understand the incident and its scope.We are in the process of notifying impacted organizations, admins, and users directly.\u201d OpenAI<\/a> said in a blogpost<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhile we have found no evidence of any effect on systems or data outside Mixpanel\u2019s environment, we continue to monitor closely for any signs of misuse\u201d the ChatGPT maker added<\/p>\n What data was compromised in data breach?<\/p>\n OpenAI says the following data may have been compromised due to the recent data breach.<\/p>\n Name that was provided to us on the API accountEmail address associated with the API accountApproximate coarse location based on API user browser (city, state, country)Operating system and browser used to access the API accountReferring websitesOrganization or User IDs associated with the API account<\/p>\n The company also says that user profile information associated with the use of platform.openai.com could also be part of the data exported from Mixpanel.<\/p>\n The AI startup says that no chat content, prompts, responses or API usage data was impacted during the breach. It also noted that OpenAI passwords, API keys, payment information, government IDs and account access credentials were not impacted.<\/p>\n