AI coding tools have made it ridiculously easy to build a web app, and it only takes a few minutes to set up now. This ease has lowered the barrier to app development, which is causing a new set of issues. So what happens when these AI-made apps go live without anyone checking the locks? You get secrets spilling out all over the internet. A WIRED report highlights a major security problem around so-called “ vibe-coded ” apps, which are built using AI development platforms such as Lovable , Replit, Base44, and Netlify. Why this is a bigger issue than you think Security researcher Dor Zvi and his team at RedAccess analyzed thousands of these apps and found more than 5,000 that had little to no security or authentication. Most of these apps could practically be accessed by anyone who found the ‘right’ URL. A few of these had only minimal barriers, allowing visitors to sign in with any email address.…