Simple mistake caused one of South Africa’s fastest-growing coffee brands to expose company and private data

Simple mistake caused one of South Africa’s fastest-growing coffee brands to expose company and private data

Bootlegger Coffee Company recently exposed sensitive company information, including franchisees' personal data, in what has become a cautionary tale in South Africa about the use of AI.

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2111222559966458240

 

[Bad Ballie]

AI in the hands of someone who is already an expert in the specific field is safe, AI in the hands of someone who has zero experience in the specific field they are using the AI for, is going to run into a problem they can't fix sooner than later.

 

[rustypup]

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[Smiggles]

 

[B-1]

AI in the hands of someone who is already an expert in the specific field is safe, AI in the hands of someone who has zero experience in the specific field they are using the AI for, is going to run into a problem they can't fix sooner than later.

Im not so sure the experts are safe either. There is a bit too much detachment between promt coding and looking at the code. If you dont have a decent human peer review process its easy for people to take the lazy way out.

All it takes is an expert with a babbalas committing something he hastily put together with AI pushing it to QA who test user requirements only.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I Я business, me no need IT...

 

[rustypup]

There is a bit too much detachment between promt coding and looking at the code

It's so much worse. The "app" front-loaded ALL the data into the site, leaving it in the DOM, etc, to be inspected in even basic tools.

This isn't just bad code... it's horrific design and speaks directly to the idiocy/ignorance of the individual

 

[ShaunSA]

Another mummy appointed "CEO" I bet

 

[konfab]

Companies would rather have their company info leak onto the internet than use PowerBI. Which honestly is an acceptable trade off given how rubbish it is.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

I Я business, me no need IT...

I Я coding company, me no need business.

Wait... I have that backwards.. I DO need business. That mustang aint gonna buy itself.

@bootleggerowner let me audit your software ecosystem... I'm happy to help sort it out.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

It's so much worse. The "app" front-loaded ALL the data into the site, leaving it in the DOM, etc, to be inspected in even basic tools.

This isn't just bad code... it's horrific design and speaks directly to the idiocy/ignorance of the individual

That's much worse than when Claude starts opening DB connections direct in MVC controller methods and running raw SQL there. LOL

 

[rustypup]

Claude starts opening DB connections direct in MVC controller methods and running raw SQL there

Rejected so many submissions playing this game. All the SQL injection you could possibly want for "Free". Utterly nuts.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

I Я coding company, me no need business.

Wait... I have that backwards.. I DO need business. That mustang aint gonna buy itself.

@bootleggerowner let me audit your software ecosystem... I'm happy to help sort it out.

We take orders from them all day, when they think they can do it themselves don't be a buzzkill and deny us our right to point and laugh...

 

[FiestaST]

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