Cybersecurity
OpenClaw's 21,000 exposed instances reveal gap between AI agent hype and security reality
The viral open-source AI assistant hit 148,000 GitHub stars while security researchers discovered over 21,000 publicly accessible instances leaking personal configuration data. The project's third rebrand in two months—from Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw—coincided with 34 security commits, but the exposure demonstrates how autonomous AI adoption is outpacing security fundamentals.