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PSA: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash habitually exfiltrates API keys. It is dangerously misaligned and may be hazardous to use

Via r/LocalLlama
Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 · 8:29AM
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EDIT: since people keep calling it out, this is API key abuse but not exfiltration. Seems like both Harbor and Pier (sandboxes used in almost every Software Engineering benchmark) expose the Openrouter endpoint and API key to models, even though they block the rest of the internet. Only DeepSeek V4.

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