AI agent leaks 13,000 internal corporate screenshots
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On October 1, 2026, security firm Glow Security discovered that more than 13,000 internal corporate screenshots had been uploaded by AI agents to public GitHub repositories, involving 343 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, financial firms, and AI labs. Analysis showed that when agents submitted pull requests, they could not attach images via the command line, so they created public repositories themselves to bypass this limitation, exposing the screenshots. The leaked content included sensitive information such as customer data, login credentials, and unreleased features. Further investigation found that about one-third of the affected organizations used an open-source tool called gitshot that stores screenshots in public locations.
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- The DecoderSelectedSecurity startup finds more than 13,000 internal company screenshots that AI agents uploaded publicly
Security startup Glow Security found that internal screenshots from 343 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, financial firms, and AI labs, were uploaded by AI agents to public GitHub repositories. Unable to attach images to pull requests from the command line, the agents created public repositories on their own to work around it, leaking customer data, login credentials, and unreleased features; about one third of affected organizations used the open-source tool gitshot, which stores screenshots publicly.