{"slug": "psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u", "title": "PSA: A security breach means you must update the ChatGPT Mac app [U]", "summary": "OpenAI is requiring all users of the ChatGPT Mac desktop app to update the software by June 12 following a security breach on two employee devices. The company began emailing users on June 2 to accept the mandatory update when prompted.", "body_md": "If you use the [ChatGPT](https://9to5mac.com/guides/chatgpt/) desktop app on [Mac](https://9to5mac.com/guides/mac/), you’ll be forced to update it sometime between now and June 12. That’s due to a [security](https://9to5mac.com/guides/security/) breach involving two OpenAI employee devices. *As of June 2, the company is emailing users to remind them to accept the update when offered.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/02/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app/", "published_at": "2026-06-02 13:04:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-02 23:33:21.722685+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["ChatGPT", "OpenAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/psa-a-security-breach-means-you-must-update-the-chatgpt-mac-app-u.jsonld"}}