{
  "id": 14457325,
  "title": "Massive data leak from AI development company exposes almost 14 million records — Vibetech collected data from different breaches and accidentally made them accessible online",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/massive-data-leak-from-ai-development-company-exposes-almost-14",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-14T13:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/massive-data-leak-from-ai-development-company-exposes-almost-14-million-records-vibetech-collected-data-from-different-breaches-and-accidentally-made-them-accessible-online"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A massive data leak from AI development company Vibetech has exposed nearly 14 million records, including sensitive information such as passwords, banking details, and personal data tied to major firms like AT&T and Amazon. The database, which was secured after disclosure, contained a \"collection of highly sensitive data from previous breaches,\" according to security researcher Jeremiah Fowler. Fowler discovered the exposed database and noted that it included accounts and credentials belonging to individuals from multiple countries. The archive was organized by company names, with the majority of the records (around eight million) originating from an AT&T data leak. Other significant records belong to Amazon (1.2 million), Walmart (420,000), BluBank Digital Bank (24,000), and PayPal (18,000). Additionally, leaked data from the FBI Employee Directory (4,084 records) and Interpol (929 records) was also part of the database. The unsecured IP address of the database was linked to a data intelligence platform operated or developed by Vibetech, which is suspected to have collected the data from previous breaches or leaks and unintentionally made it publicly accessible without authentication. Fowler notified the company and the hosting provider, and the database was restricted and no longer accessible publicly. Later, the IP address stopped hosting the plaintext credentials and displayed an Information Security Management System (ISMS) compliance platform dashboard. Fowler emphasized that unprotected databases are a significant cause of data leaks and highlighted the potential risks, such as threat actors accessing online accounts, escalating privileges to deploy ransomware, and wire fraud.",
  "summary": "The company has been harvesting data from different leaks, likely for research purposes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}