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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered anAI toolfor Slack is leaking private user data, including chat messages and other communication.

The tool is called Struct Chat, and is designed to enhance productivity within Slack.

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In mid-October 2024, theCybernewsresearchers found a company-owned unprotected web service streaming user data.

The exposed instance was an Apache Kafka Broker, a real-time distributed message streaming platform.

As such, it handles large amounts of data and is a popular target.

However, as of January 27, the leak has not yet been addressed.

In one hour, the unprotected instance transmitted data from over 1,000 unique users from 200 unique companies.