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xAI's Grok Build tool leaks sensitive data from thousands of apps

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A security vulnerability in xAI's Grok Build tool has led to the exposure of sensitive business secrets and private data from over 35,000 applications. The vulnerability allowed anyone with a link to access confidential information, including sales territory maps, ad proposals, patient lab results, staff lists, and employee timesheets with passwords. This issue affects users who built applications using Grok Build, a coding agent developed by SpaceX. AI

IMPACT Exposes significant security risks for developers using AI coding agents, potentially impacting enterprise adoption of such tools.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a security vulnerability in a specific AI-powered development tool, impacting its users.

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xAI's Grok Build tool leaks sensitive data from thousands of apps

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "...GhostShares 2: Grok Apps Exposed xAI’s Business Secrets and People’s Private Data We found more than 35,000 apps built with Grok that anyone with the link c

    "...GhostShares 2: Grok Apps Exposed xAI’s Business Secrets and People’s Private Data We found more than 35,000 apps built with Grok that anyone with the link could open. Among them were SpaceXSI's own sales territory map, an X ad proposal to a U.S. federal agency marked confiden…

    LINKS blog.claroc.io/ghostshares-grok-build-apps
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Important cybersecurity note if you are using the AI-formerly-known-as-MechaHitler to build your business apps "...Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceX

    Important cybersecurity note if you are using the AI-formerly-known-as-MechaHitler to build your business apps "...Grok Build, the vibe-coding agent from SpaceXSI, is leaking data—some of it proprietary business information and other sensitive secrets—from thousands of its users.…

    LINKS arstechnica.com/…/grok-build-coding-agent… arstechnica.com/…/2026

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