Title: Major AI App Data Breaches Expose Millions of Users’ Data
Cybersecurity researchers revealed two significant data breaches linked to artificial intelligence (AI) applications, affecting millions globally. The first breach involves IDMerit, an AI-driven Know Your Customer (KYC) tool, exposing over 1 billion sensitive records across 26 countries. The US was hit hardest, with 203 million records compromised, followed by Mexico and the Philippines. Leaked data includes personal identifiers like names, addresses, and phone numbers, raising concerns about account takeovers and phishing attacks.
The second breach relates to the “Video AI Art Generator” app, which suffered a data leak due to a misconfigured Google Cloud Storage bucket. This incident exposed 1.5 million user images and 385,000 videos, totaling over 12 terabytes of media files. Users are urged to monitor their information due to rising risks from automated threats that exploit such vulnerabilities. Proper data security measures are essential to mitigate future risks.
