OpenAI identifies security issue involving third-party tool, says user data was not accessed

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April 10 (Reuters) - OpenAI said ⁠on Friday it had identified a security issue involving ⁠a third-party developer tool called Axios and is taking steps ‌to protect the process that certifies its macOS applications are legitimate OpenAI apps.

The ChatGPT maker said it found no evidence that its user data was accessed, ​that its systems or intellectual property was ⁠compromised, or that its software ⁠was altered.

(Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)