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Over 47,000 Ollama instances found exposed online

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Shodan has identified over 47,000 instances of Ollama that are publicly exposed and lack authentication. Many of these instances are running on costly cloud GPUs, making them vulnerable to unauthorized access and potential misuse by malicious actors. This widespread exposure highlights significant security risks for users of the Ollama service. AI

IMPACT Exposed Ollama instances could be exploited for unauthorized AI model usage or computation, potentially leading to increased costs or malicious AI-driven attacks.

RANK_REASON Discovery of exposed instances of a software tool.

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Over 47,000 Ollama instances found exposed online

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    Shodan indexes over 47.000 exposed Ollama instances, including many running on expensive cloud GPUs. The API has no authentication, which means hackers can run

    Shodan indexes over 47.000 exposed Ollama instances, including many running on expensive cloud GPUs. The API has no authentication, which means hackers can run prompts, steal models and exploit vulnerable versions. Article: https:// hackers-arise.com/hacking-arti ficial-intellige…

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