A cloud security firm has discovered a major data exposure involving Chinese AI company DeepSeek, raising security concerns amid the company's rapid rise.

Research Firm Wiz Research began investigating DeepSeek soon after its generative AI took the tech world by storm.

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, according to a blog post by Wiz.

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

Chinese AI DeepSeek is incredibly popular right now, but you should be careful about handing it any of your private data. Researchers over at Wiz reported on Wednesday that they identified a publicly accessible database belonging to DeepSeek, which in turned allowed anyone to access DeepSeek's internal data.

DeepSeek AI's new R1 model is taking the world by storm, but it may not be all that secure. Wiz Research found that the product left data exposed, revealing tons of sensitive information. The issue has now been fixed,

DeepSeek AI exposed a database containing secret keys, chat logs, and backend data, allowing full system access.