OpenAI · Ukraine · San Francisco · Russia · OpenAI
Ukraine has shown under the most extreme pressure that cyber defense is a central part of national security
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OpenAI today announced it will offer the Government of Ukraine access to its Daybreak program to support the cyber defense of civilian infrastructure.
Key facts
- Ukraine’s national cyber incident response team, CERT-UA, handled nearly 6,000 cyber incidents in 2025
- The announcement was made on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by Dmytro Kushneruk, the Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, and Sasha Baker, Head of National Security Policy at OpenAI
- In Poland, the national cyber agency, CERT Polska, used OpenAI models to help discover six vulnerabilities in third-party router software
- Through Daybreak, public and private entities have an opportunity to strengthen their cyber defenses before emerging threats take hold
Summary
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly by Dmytro Kushneruk, the Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco, and Sasha Baker, Head of National Security Policy at OpenAI. Ukrainian defenders face persistent cyber attacks from Russia, alongside physical attacks on the country’s infrastructure. OpenAI’s Daybreak gives cyber defenders access to advanced AI for authorized security work, from reviewing older software and investigating suspicious activity to validating vulnerabilities and testing fixes. The team are proud to support Ukraine’s cyber defenders, who are protecting essential services against attacks every day.