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Morning Edition · Saturday, November 14, 2026Published at 1:20 AM EST · New York
Claroc Finds 35,578 Grok Build Apps Open Without Sign-In Because the Publish Step Defaults to "Anyone With the Link"
Researchers found the app addresses through public DNS records and estimate that 650 to 800 of the exposed apps held private data, including patient records and plain-text passwords.
Security firm Claroc tested 43,551 grok.me addresses generated by Grok Build, the app builder from SpaceXSI, the company behind Grok. Of the 37,571 apps still online, 35,578, or 94.7 percent, opened without any sign-in. The Russian-language…
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Disposable AI-Built Apps Spread Faster Than Their Controls
Platforms push users to generate small single-purpose apps from prompts, moving software creation to non-engineers while security and data-governance defaults lag, so recurring exposures and vendor default changes follow.
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