{
 "id": "AIR-2023-0019",
 "slug": "accidental-exposure-of-38tb-of-data-by-microsoft-ai-research",
 "title": "Accidental Exposure of 38TB of Data by Microsoft AI Research",
 "summary": "Microsoft's AI research team accidentally exposed 38TB of sensitive data, including private keys and internal messages, via misconfigured storage tokens. The exposure occurred while publishing open-source training material.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "data_leak"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "Microsoft"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Azure Storage"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2023-06-22",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2023-06-22",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/571",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Reported Accidental Exposure of 38TB of Data by Microsoft's AI Research Team",
   "published_at": "2023-06-22"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "data-leak",
  "azure",
  "misconfiguration",
  "credentials-exposure"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}