DeepSeek Data Exposed to Web, Cybersecurity Firm Says

The exposed data included digital software keys and chat logs, according to cybersecurity firm Wiz.

DeepSeek's logo is displayed alongside its AI assistant app, in a file photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025. Florence Lo/Reuters

Researchers with cybersecurity company Wiz said on Jan. 29 that sensitive information from the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek was inadvertently exposed to the open internet.

Hangzhou, China-based DeepSeek prompted a global selloff in tech shares last week when it launched its free, open-source language learning model DeepSeek-R1.