Elon Musk's Grok Build coding agent is leaking a serious amount of confidential data

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  • Researchers found Grok Build apps were widely exposed due to insecure default sharing settings and discoverable URLs
  • Thousands of accessible apps leaked sensitive business data, healthcare records, passwords, and internal documents
  • SpaceXSI remediated the issue after disclosure, highlighting security risks in AI-generated application platforms

Grok Build, an AI-powered coding agent built by Elon Musk’s SpaceXSI, has been found leaking a mind-numbing amount of confidential data, thanks to an apparent misconfiguration in how the products are being published on the platform.

SpaceXSI, established when SpaceX and xAI merged, has a product called Grok Build, which allows users to create web applications by simply describing what they want in a chatlike interface. Without having to write any of the code themselves, the users can have an app ready in minutes and publish it directly from the chat interface. The app gets a unique web address in the format <name>.grok.me, where “name”...

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