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Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web

Wired AI Andy Greenberg May 7, 2026
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
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# AI App Builders Leave Companies' Secret Data Wide Open Companies are using AI tools to let anyone build web applications without coding skills, which sounds convenient—but thousands of these apps are accidentally leaking sensitive information like passwords, API keys, and customer data onto the public internet. The problem is that these AI builders make it so easy to create apps that people often don't realize they're exposing confidential corporate data or personal information. If your company uses these tools, your data could already be visible to anyone searching the web.

Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases, spill highly sensitive data onto the public internet.

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