Fireworks AI discloses second breach in weeks exposing customer datasets and model weights
Nvidia-backed Fireworks AI has reported its second breach in weeks, disclosing that hackers accessed customer billing details, datasets, and incomplete model weights.
Artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Fireworks AI has disclosed its second cybersecurity breach in recent weeks, reporting that unauthorized parties accessed customer billing details, datasets, and incomplete model weights.[1][2][4]
Fireworks notified customers that an Oct. 24 breach occurred at a cloud provider, AGTP reported. The AI inference platform stated that while it initially disclosed compromised stored secrets, the incident also reached account and billing information, along with datasets and incomplete model weights for a limited set of accounts, according to Decrypt. Following the disclosures, two customers told Forbes reporter Anna Tong that they had already moved significant portions of their business off Fireworks' systems.[3][4][5]
The security disclosure comes amid rapid financial growth and fundraising efforts for the Nvidia-backed startup. Fireworks generates $1 billion in annualized revenue and is preparing a funding round that could value the company at $30 billion or more, according to The Information.[1][2]
Key facts
- Fireworks AI disclosed its second cybersecurity breach in weeks, revealing that hackers accessed billing details, datasets, and incomplete model weights.
- Fireworks informed customers that an Oct. 24 breach occurred at a cloud provider.
- Beyond previously disclosed stored secrets, the incident affected account information and, for a limited set of accounts, datasets and model weights.
- Two customers told Forbes they had already substantially moved their operations off Fireworks' systems.
- Fireworks is backed by Nvidia and generates $1 billion in annualized revenue.
- Fireworks is preparing a funding round that could value the startup at $30 billion or more, according to The Information.
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Nvidia-backed Fireworks AI discloses its second hack in weeks https://t.co/ycjK1VlpU7
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Fireworks says a new hack exposed customer billing information, model weights and datasets. The breach comes as the startup, with $1 billion in annualized revenue, prepares a fundraise that could value it at $30 billion or more. Full story: https://t.co/xZFCawlDiJ
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BREAKING: Nvidia-backed Fireworks AI told customers of a second hack in weeks, with an Oct. 24 breach at a cloud provider exposing customer data. https://t.co/rebdCne6Zw
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AI infrastructure provider Fireworks says hackers accessed some customers' datasets, incomplete model weights, and billing information over the past month (Anna Tong/Forbes) Anna Tong / Forbes : AI infrastructure provider Fireworks says hackers accessed some customers' datasets, incomplete model weights, and billing information over the past month — Two customers told Forbes they had already substantially moved their business off Fireworks' systems, with one describing a series …
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Fireworks AI Says October Security Incident Reached Some Customer Datasets and Model Weights. The AI inference platform said Monday that, beyond the stored secrets it first disclosed, the incident affected account and billing information and, for a limited set of accounts, datasets and incomplete model weights.
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