Trump's acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT ...

[OldBoss]

Woopsie! If you’re not aware, Gottumukkala (Noem toady) is widely regarded as a clown by most cyber experts both public and private sector. We are at much greater cyber risk today than we were 16 months ago due to voluntary attrition and brain drain. But, we need Iceland! /s

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361

[highplainsdem]

1. The stupidity and incompetence of the Trump regime continues to amaze me.

[UpInArms]

2. More from your link

Gottumukkala has helmed the agency in an acting capacity since May, when he was appointed by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as its deputy director. Donald Trump’s nominee to head CISA, DHS special adviser Sean Plankey, was blocked last year by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) over a Coast Guard shipbuilding contract. A date for his new confirmation hearing has not been set.

Gottumukkala’s tenure atop the agency has not been smooth — and this would not be his first security-related incident.

At least six career staff were placed on leave this summer after Gottumukkala failed a counterintelligence polygraph exam that he pushed to take, as POLITICO first reported. DHS has called the polygraph “unsanctioned.” Asked during Congressional testimony last week if he was “aware” of the failed test, Gottumukkala twice told Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) that he did not “accept the premise of that characterization.”

And last week, Gottumukkala tried to oust Costello, CISA’s CIO, before other political appointees at the agency intervened to block the move.

[newdeal2]

3. Was he one of Eloon's DOGE boys?

There’s going to be a lot of banal work required to fix these agencies in the future.

[Redleg]

4. This clown seems highly qualified for his position

I guess Trump did bring "merit" to hiring.