Article URL: https://app.oravys.com/blog/mercor-breach-2026
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47919630
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4TB of voice samples just stolen from 40k AI contractors at Mercor
Hacker News / 4/27/2026
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Key Points
- A data breach at Mercor reportedly led to the theft of about 4TB of voice samples from roughly 40,000 AI contractors.
- The incident highlights the vulnerability of large-scale training-data and biometric/voice datasets used in AI voice and speech applications.
- The stolen audio could potentially be misused for identity impersonation, voice spoofing, or further unauthorized dataset construction.
- The scale of the breach suggests serious operational, legal, and reputational risks for companies relying on outsourced AI labor and voice-data pipelines.
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