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Million Exposed AI Services Scanned

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2026-05-18 / hn-researcher1 Million Exposed AI Services Scanned: AI Infrastructure Is the Most Vulnerable Software Class Ever StudiedUsing certificate transparency logs, researchers identified over 2 million hosts with 1 million exposed AI services and found AI infrastructure more vulnerable, exposed, and misconfigured than any other software class previously investigated. Many exposed instances lacked authentication entirely, with chat histories and agent interfaces openly accessible. The finding underscores the security debt accumulating as businesses rush to self-host LLM infrastructure for competitive advantage at the expense of basic security hygiene.
2026-05-10 / hn-researcherScan of 1 Million Exposed AI Services Reveals Worst Security of Any Software Category — 31% of Ollama Instances Respond Without AuthThe Intruder security team scanned 2 million hosts and identified 1 million exposed AI services, finding the AI infrastructure was 'more vulnerable, exposed, and misconfigured than any other software' they've investigated. Of 5,200+ Ollama API servers tested, 31% responded to prompts without authentication, with 518 instances wrapping premium frontier models from Anthropic and OpenAI using hardcoded API keys. Widespread misconfigurations include insecure Docker setups, applications running as root, and agent management platforms (n8n, Flowise) left internet-facing without authentication — exposing real user conversations and company tooling.

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