Stability AI—Employees banned from Midjourney after alleged data scraping attack
In early March 2024, Midjourney alleged that Stability AI employees infiltrated their database using paid accounts in a 'botnet activity' that caused a 24-hour outage. Midjourney claimed employees stole all prompt and image pairs. CEO Emad Mostaque denied involvement on X, but Midjourney banned all Stability AI employees 'indefinitely.' This incident occurred just before Mostaque's resignation.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Governance | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.545 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.55)
Evidence (1 signal)
Employees banned from Midjourney after alleged data scraping attack
In early March 2024, Midjourney alleged that Stability AI employees infiltrated their database using paid accounts in a 'botnet activity' that caused a 24-hour outage. Midjourney claimed employees stole all prompt and image pairs. CEO Emad Mostaque denied involvement on X, but Midjourney banned all Stability AI employees 'indefinitely.' This incident occurred just before Mostaque's resignation.