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Elon Musk's Grok Build coding agent is leaking a serious amount of confidential data

Headline via TechRadar · first report 11 Nov, 02:42 IST, latest 11 Nov, 22:45 IST

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What we know

3 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Ars Technica at 11 Nov, 02:42 IST; the latest is from TechRadar at 11 Nov, 22:45 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Reported by3 news organisations
First report11 Nov, 02:42 IST
Latest report11 Nov, 22:45 IST
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Researcher finds 35,000 Grok Build apps wide open to anyone who looked for them.
A flaw in SpaceXSI's Grok Build vibe-coding agent allowed sensitive data to leak from thousands of users including... SpaceXSI.
Default Grok Build options are wreaking havoc again - and even SpaceXSI wasn't safe from its own configurations.

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