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DeepSeek exposed internal database containing chat histories and sensitive data


The internal DeepSeek database was exposed to the internet without a password.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has fixed an exposed back-end database that was spilling sensitive information, including user chat histories and API keys, to the open internet. The DeepSeek database was not protected with a password, allowing anyone on the internet to access more than a million unencrypted logs inside. According to Wired, the Wiz researchers said the exposed chat logs were in Chinese but easily translated.

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