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OpenCode says Console breach may expose API keys

OpenCode said an intruder reached a legacy system on 16 October and may have exposed third-party provider keys stored in Console, affecting 1.4% of users linked to external accounts.

The Hacker News

OpenCode said an intruder reached a legacy system on the night of 16 October and may have exposed third-party provider keys saved in OpenCode Console. Console is the company’s hosted service for storing a workspace’s own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google key so team members can use those models.

OpenCode said 1.4% of Console users were affected, all of them with an external provider linked. It emailed those users on the morning of 17 October and later said on X that anyone who did not receive the email was not affected.

Raad said the incident concerned Console, not OpenCode itself, and that the keys in question were the ones pasted into Console. He also said the company never received those keys, while OpenCode said deleting a key from Console would not revoke it at the provider.

OpenCode said the incident was still ongoing and that it was working with Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. It has not said how the system was reached, how many keys were involved, or how many users the 1.4% figure represented.

Some users have said they were billed for activity they did not carry out. Dealroom reported claims from Colin Parsons and Preston Zeller, while OpenCode said only that the keys may have been exposed and did not say any key was copied or used.

Named in this story

People

Dax Raad
said the breach concerned Console, not OpenCode itself
Colin Parsons
said his OpenAI key had been used for charges
Preston Zeller
said his losses from the key misuse were $1,700

Companies

OpenCode
said an intruder reached a legacy system and emailed affected users
OpenAI
one of the external providers whose keys may have been exposed
Anthropic
one of the external providers whose keys may have been exposed
Google
one of the external providers whose keys may have been exposed

Products and systems

OpenCode Console
the hosted service where users stored provider keys

How the source tells it

The piece is a cautious incident report, but it uses action-notice language and unresolved attribution to add urgency around an unconfirmed key exposure.

  • urgency an action-required warning and immediate revoke-and-replace instructions
  • uncertainty the central breach claim is repeatedly hedged as possible exposure, with no explanation of how access happened