AI Dataset Leak: Secrets Exposed

Truffle Security discovered nearly 12,000 private API keys and passwords in the Common Crawl dataset, highlighting security risks as this archive is used to train large language models. The researchers alerted affected vendors to help revoke compromised keys and protect against cyber threats.

πŸ” Truffle Security finds nearly 12,000 private details, like API keys, in AI training data. What does this mean for data security? πŸ€” #CyberSecurity #AI #DataProtection


  1. Truffle Security found thousands of private API keys and passwords in the Common Crawl dataset, raising significant security concerns.
  2. These credentials were mainly from AWS, MailChimp, and WalkScore, with many appearing multiple times across various pages.
  3. The researchers have notified affected vendors to revoke compromised keys and mitigate potential cyber threats.

Source: Staff, Techradar: Private API keys and passwords found in AI training dataset - nearly 12,000 details leaked.

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