A New York-based cybersecurity firm, Wiz, has uncovered a critical security lapse at DeepSeek, a rising Chinese AI startup, revealing a cache of sensitive data openly accessible on the internet.
According to a report published by Wiz, the exposed data included over a million lines of log entries, digital software keys, backend details, and user chat history from DeepSeek’s AI assistant. The firm’s researchers found that DeepSeek had inadvertently left an unsecured ClickHouse database accessible online, raising significant security concerns for enterprises and governments globally.
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Source: CSO Online News
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