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incidents/AIR-2020-0023

Clearview AI Repository Misconfiguration Data Leak

Attack on AI4 Confirmed real-world lossData leak

A misconfigured source code repository allowed unauthorized access to Clearview AI production credentials and cloud storage buckets. The breach exposed training video samples and application copies.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Data leak
    Training data, chat logs, system prompts, model weights or other AI-system data exposed.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Enterprise deployment
products
Clearview AI facial recognition
incident date
Apr 2020 (approx.)
first reported
23 Oct 2020
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
misconfiguration · credentials-leak · facial-recognition
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 4

  1. 2020-10-23
    ClearviewAI Misconfiguration
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0006
  2. 2020-10-23
    TechCrunch Article, "Security lapse exposed Clearview AI source code"
    TechCrunch · techcrunch.com/2020/04/16/clearview-source-code-lapse
  3. 2020-10-23
    Gizmodo Article, "We Found Clearview AI's Shady Face Recognition App"
    gizmodo.com · gizmodo.com/we-found-clearview-ais-shady-face-recognition-app-1841961772
  4. 2020-10-23
    New York Times Article, "The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It"
    The New York Times · nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html

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