2,672 Ministry of Food and Drug Safety documents were opened through ChatGPT

Suspicion of information leakage was raised after it was revealed that private data managed by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety could be checked through ChatGPT.

Among the data that can be viewed through ChatGPT, there is corporate information and even personal mobile phone numbers, leading to criticism that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's security management is lax.

People Power Party lawmaker Lee So-hee said at the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee audit held on the 13th, "When the National Assembly's office checked, there was not a single document released on the Pharmaceutical Safety Nation results screen, but we downloaded 2,672 clinical trial result documents. It was possible through ChatGPT, which anyone can use, not through hacking, and no login or password was required."

He added, "Among the downloaded documents, 839 documents contained company information designated as private, and 2,208 documents contained the mobile phone number of the person in charge."

Rep. Lee said, “It raises serious questions about the data protection system of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, which manages key information of companies.”

Regarding this, Minister of Food and Drug Safety Oh Yoo-kyung apologized, saying, “It was only yesterday that we became aware of the data leak.”

Director Oh said, “We blocked access to this data early this morning and are looking into it as a whole.”