A significant data breach involving personal information from 571 Canva Creators program participants was exposed through an unsecured AI chatbot database operated by My Jedai, a Russian company. The exposed data included email addresses, countries of residence, and comprehensive responses to 51 questions about their experiences with Canva’s creator platform. The data leak creates dual risks: for creators, it provides a ready-made phishing toolkit, while for Canva, it reveals competitive intelligence about program strengths and weaknesses along with creator contact information.
Source: https://cybersecuritynews.com/canva-creators-data-exposed/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/j3dai
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"linkid": "j3dai",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2025",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 571,
'industry': 'Technology',
'location': 'Russia',
'name': 'My Jedai',
'size': 'Microenterprise',
'type': 'AI Chatbot Development Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unsecured Database',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 571,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Email addresses',
'Countries of '
'residence'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Countries of residence',
'Survey responses']},
'date_detected': 'May 1, 2025',
'date_resolved': 'May 2, 2025',
'description': 'A significant data breach involving personal information from '
'hundreds of Canva Creators program participants, exposed '
'through an unsecured AI chatbot database operated by a '
'Russian company.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Countries of residence',
'Survey responses'],
'systems_affected': ['Chroma database']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Unsecured Chroma database'},
'investigation_status': 'Resolved',
'lessons_learned': 'The incident highlights the need for proper security '
'configuration in emerging AI technologies and the '
'potential risks in the AI supply chain.',
'motivation': 'Unknown',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Secured the database within '
'24 hours',
'root_causes': 'Improper security configuration of '
'the Chroma database'},
'recommendations': 'Implement robust security measures, including '
'authentication mechanisms and restricted internet access, '
'for AI technologies to prevent unauthorized exposure.',
'references': [{'source': 'UpGuard'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Secured the database']},
'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
'title': 'Data Breach Involving Canva Creators Program Participants',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Improper security configuration'}