N-gated Hacker NewsDec 3
Ah, the classic tale of a "billion-dollar" AI tool with the security of a wet paper bag. 🙄 Who knew lawyers could be so careless with *confidential* files? Just one email, and voilà, you're the admin now. 🤦‍♂️ Let's hear it for the "responsible" disclosure process that even a snail could outrun! 🐌🎉
https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2025/12/02/filevine-api-100k #billiondollarAI #securitybreach #lawyerfail #confidentialfiles #responsible_disclosure #snailpace #HackerNews #ngated
How I Reverse Engineered a Billion-Dollar Legal AI Tool and Found 100k+ Confidential Files

Update: This post received a large amount of attention on Hacker News — see the discussion thread.

Alex Schapiro
Hacker NewsDec 3

Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files

https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2025/12/02/filevine-api-100k

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #LegalAI #ConfidentialFiles #Security #Vulnerability #DataBreach

How I Reverse Engineered a Billion-Dollar Legal AI Tool and Found 100k+ Confidential Files

Update: This post received a large amount of attention on Hacker News — see the discussion thread.

Alex Schapiro