{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0005",
 "slug": "openai-chatgpt-macos-app-stored-user-conversations-in-plain",
 "title": "OpenAI ChatGPT macOS App Stored User Conversations in Plain Text",
 "summary": "OpenAI's ChatGPT application for macOS stored user chat logs in unencrypted plain text files locally. The security flaw allowed potential local access to sensitive conversations until OpenAI released an update.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "data_leak"
 ],
 "severity": 2,
 "targets": [
  "OpenAI"
 ],
 "products": [
  "ChatGPT Mac App"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-07-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-07-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/757",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "OpenAI's ChatGPT Mac App Stored User Data in Unencrypted Text Files",
   "published_at": "2024-07-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "plaintext",
  "local-storage",
  "privacy",
  "chatgpt"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}