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## China's Z.ai disables AI coding assistant features after security issue

DevFeed: [China's Z.ai disables AI coding assistant features after security issue](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/china-s-z-ai-disables-ai-coding-assistant-features-after-security-issue-57720.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/chinas-z-ai-disables-ai-coding-assistant-features-after-security-issue-10888434/>)

Author: Reuters

Published: 2026-09-22T03:23:25Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Technology | The Indian Express](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/technology-the-indian-express.md>)

Topics: [coding assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding-assistant.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [sensitive data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sensitive-data.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [private key](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/private-key.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-assistant.md>), [ai-coding-assistant-security-risks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-assistant-security-risks.md>), [ai-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-security.md>), [ai-security-risks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-security-risks.md>), [alibaba-cloud-data-privacy-controversy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alibaba-cloud-data-privacy-controversy.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-assistant.md>), [encrypted](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encrypted.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [git-repository-cloud-upload](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git-repository-cloud-upload.md>), [glm-5-3-ai-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/glm-5-3-ai-model.md>), [issue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/issue.md>), [it](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/it.md>), [nsfocus-independent-security-assessment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nsfocus-independent-security-assessment.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-breach.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [technology-artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-artificial-intelligence.md>), [z-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/z-ai.md>), [z-ai-zcode-privacy-incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/z-ai-zcode-privacy-incident.md>), [z-ai-zero-data-retention-policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/z-ai-zero-data-retention-policy.md>), [zcode-codebase-indexing-vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zcode-codebase-indexing-vulnerability.md>), [zcode-unauthorized-code-upload](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zcode-unauthorized-code-upload.md>), [zhipu-ai-security-breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zhipu-ai-security-breach.md>)

### AI overview

Z.ai disabled features in its ZCode AI coding assistant after reports that the default Codebase Indexing feature uploaded entire local code repositories to overseas cloud servers without users' consent. The company said it patched the vulnerability and plans to establish a product security vulnerability reporting and response process.

### Source excerpt

The rare public disclosure of a security breach by a Chinese AI lab comes amid global warnings about frontier AI security risks.