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OpenAI confirms ChatGPT outage as users report errors

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CyberNew Threat Research Desk
• Original Reporting: BleepingComputer
CyberNew Threat Intel Assessment
Assessed Severity: INFORMATIONAL
Impacted Surface
Enterprise Perimeter & Network Defense
Intelligence Sector
Threat Intelligence & APT

Analyst Takeaway

"ChatGPT Work is experiencing a partial outage, and users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks. The outage started at approximately 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, and is causing elevated latency and errors for ChatGPT Work users. Plus subscribers appear to be particularly affected, with Work mode currently unavailable for some users. If you are affected,..."

Recommended Defense & Mitigation

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Curated & Verified by CyberNew Threat Intelligence Desk Standard Defense Framework (NIST / MITRE ATT&CK)

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Work is experiencing a partial outage, and users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks.

The outage started at approximately 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, and is causing elevated latency and errors for ChatGPT Work users.

Plus subscribers appear to be particularly affected, with Work mode currently unavailable for some users.

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If you are affected, you may be unable to start new tasks in ChatGPT Work or continue tasks that are already running due to elevated errors and latency.

Thankfully, OpenAI is aware of these issues and has already acknowledged them on the status page.

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This threat report was reviewed by CyberNew analysts and cross-referenced with primary security disclosures from BleepingComputer.

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