US EditionReport: Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of User's Private Conversations
CovertLabs found 198 iOS apps leaking sensitive user data including chat histories and AI tokens, exposing over 18 million users and raising concerns about App Store security.
- CovertLabs' Firehound project documented that Chat & Ask AI by Codeway exposed entire chat histories for 18,000,000 users and 380,000,000 messages on January 18, 2026.
- CovertLabs and VX Underground scanned and indexed iOS apps, uncovering many AI apps with insecure storage as developers rushed products and Apple's App Store vetting missed vulnerabilities.
- Firehound's listings show more than 406 million records exposed, with 198 iOS apps identified and 196 exposing user data, including YPT — Study Group with over two million users exposed.
- If you use any of the affected apps, you should stop immediately and warn others, as exposed data creates risks like credit fraud and stalking; CovertLabs urges developers to contact them for removal and fixes.
- Amid these leaks, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI researchers found six frontier developers use chat data by default, while last month Anthropic changed terms to train unless users opt out; AvePoint surveys show over 75% flagged AI breaches and 85.7% cite data risks.
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