OpenAI and Mixpanel Face Class Action Lawsuit Following November Data Breach

 A class action lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI and Mixpanel over a November data breach, underscoring how even limited leaks of developer metadata can trigger serious legal and reputational fallout—especially when third-party analytics are in the mix. (ChatGPT users were not affected.)

Bloomberg Law reports that the suit claims the companies failed to safeguard user data and seeks damages plus injunctions requiring stronger security measures to prevent future breaches.

The Mixpanel Breach and Its Fallout for OpenAI

OpenAI disclosed the security incident in a Nov. 26 blog post, saying the incident occurred within Mixpanel’s systems, involved limited analytics data related to some users of OpenAI’s application programming interface (API) product, and did not impact users of ChatGPT and other products. OpenAI used Mixpanel for web analytics on the front-end interface for the AI startup’s API product, using the company’s services to help understand product usage and improve the product, according to the post. 

https://enfortra.com/openai-and-mixpanel-face-class-action-lawsuit-following-november-data-breach/

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