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Privacy and securityMonth 6Record demo-020

Code assistant leaks a private access key

Illustrative example - not a real incident.

Type of harm

Privacy and security

Who was affected

Businesses

AI tool (fictional)

Example Code Helper

What happened

In this made-up example, a suggested code snippet included a private key from another project.

Reported impact

Example impact: a business had to replace its keys.

Evidence and sources

No real source - fictional demonstration.

Review status

Example: reviewed. In the real archive, a person will check sources before a record is marked reviewed. Finding a report with software does not make it confirmed.

Platform in development