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300 Million Private Messages Exposed in Chat AI Breach

1/30/2026

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Chat & Ask AI exposed hundreds of millions of private messages due to a misconfiguration in Google Firebase, potentially enabling access to about 300 million messages from over 25 million users, per Harry, an independent security researcher.
The exposed data included sensitive inquiries, such as requests for suicide notes and drug manufacturing.
The database contained detailed user files, including chat histories and model configurations.
Chat & Ask AI integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

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Chat & Ask AI exposed hundreds of millions of private messages due to a misconfiguration in Google Firebase, potentially enabling access to about 300 million messages from over 25 million users, per Harry, an independent security researcher.
The exposed data included sensitive inquiries, such as requests for suicide notes and drug manufacturing.
The database contained detailed user files, including chat histories and model configurations.
Chat & Ask AI integrates OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.