China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.

A report from New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz revealed that scans of DeepSeek’s infrastructure uncovered unsecured data, including digital software keys and chat logs containing user prompts sent to its AI assistant.

A cloud security firm found a publicly accessible, fully controllable database belonging to DeepSeek, the Chinese firm that has recently shaken up the AI world, "within minutes" of examining DeepSeek's security,

DeepSeek “promptly secured” the database after Wiz notified the startup about the issue. It’s still not clear whether anyone else was able to access the exposed data, but th