Aakash GuptaLead source
A security researcher just bought the keys to Xiaomi, Huawei, NIO, and 7 government agencies. They were sitting in 6 terabytes of AI chat logs, for sale to anyone. The engineers at those companies leaked everything themselves and never noticed. Here's how it works. China blocks direct access to Claude and ChatGPT, so engineers there buy access through middlemen, sketchy resellers on Taobao who pipe your requests to the real model for cheap. It feels exactly like using the real thing. Except the middleman reads every word you send. And when you're using an AI coding tool, you send a lot. These agents upload your whole project so the model can help you. Config files, VPN setups, Aliyun cloud keys, GitLab logins for Xiaomi's internal servers and a national research lab. All of it flows…Read original on X