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Cyber AI Chronicle
By Simon Ganiere · 1st February 2026
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Moltbot, the widely-adopted open-source AI assistant, has transformed from a helpful coding companion into a major cybersecurity liability. Misconfigurations are exposing admin panels across hundreds of deployments, while malicious actors distribute fake extensions and typosquatting campaigns to exploit its growing popularity.
As enterprises rush to deploy AI tools, fundamental security practices are being overlooked at an alarming rate. With one in five organizations already running Moltbot in their environments, how many are unknowingly creating backdoors into their most sensitive systems?
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