By Davey Winder
Publication Date: 2026-02-19 14:29:00
New data leak confirmed, 1 billion records exposed.
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Updated on February 19 with details of a second AI-related data breach that added 2 million photos and videos to the 1 billion IDs, email addresses and phone numbers already exposed by an AI-powered identity verification service.
Cybersecurity researchers have confirmed they have discovered a huge “treasure” of unsecured data, with information on people from 26 countries, including at the top of the list the US, apparently linked to an AI-powered identity verification service. The information exposed amounted to nearly a terabyte of data and a billion records and included ID cards, full names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse, the same researchers have now uncovered another AI-related data leak. This time it affects users of an Android app that uses AI to “cinematically remake” selfies. Even if it’s not quite in the same league as…
