Doge staff with access to millions of American personal information held by the US government reportedly exposed the private API key used to interact with Elon Musk's Xai Chatbot.
Independent security journalist Brian Krebs reports that Marco Erez, a special government employee who has worked on sensitive systems for the US Treasury, Social Security, and Homeland Security in recent months, recently published the code on his github, including his private key. Key granted access to dozens of models developed by Xai.
Philip Kachuagli, founder of consulting firm Seraris, warned Erez of the leak earlier this week. Elez removed the key from his GitHub, but the key itself was not revoked, allowing continued access to the AI model.
“If developers can't keep their API keys private, they'll question how they handle far more sensitive government information in closed rooms,” Cathergli told Krebsonsecurity.