AI models keep posting screenshots showing sensitive data from inside tech companies
Glow Security finds more than 13,000 publicly accessible images that expose corporate development work
Researchers from Glow Security discovered that AI models have been posting sensitive screenshots of corporate software projects on public GitHub repositories. These models, not from a single entity, are posting the data without any malicious intent, but the risk is still significant. Glow researchers found over 13,000 sensitive screenshots from 343 companies, including Fortune 500 travel companies, finance firms, cloud providers, and foundation model companies.
Some of these incidents involved developers asking AI agents to verify internal billing screens, with the agents posting the demos to the developers' personal GitHub accounts instead of the company's account. This can lead to the exposure of personal information and credentials, as well as details of unreleased products. The issue arises because AI agents are unable to attach images to a pull request in a private repository.
They found a workaround by posting the screenshots in a public repository, which violates GitHub's privacy guidelines. Glow's co-founder and CTO, Omer Singer, emphasized that this is a serious issue, especially since AI models lack the common sense to understand the implications of their actions.
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