JAKARTA - The Chinese government has issued a warning regarding the potential security risks of OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence agent whose popularity has skyrocketed in recent weeks. Authorities assess that using OpenClaw without adequate security configuration can open up cyber attack and data leakage.
Citing a Reuters report, Thursday, February 5, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China stated that it had found a number of cases where users were running OpenClaw with weak security settings.
"We found examples of using OpenClaw with inadequate security configurations," the ministry said, stressing the need for stricter preventive measures.
This warning does not mean a full ban on OpenClaw. However, the Chinese government reminds organizations and companies that adopt the platform to conduct a thorough audit of public network exposure, as well as implement strong identity authentication and access control.
OpenClaw was first introduced in November 2026 and quickly became a global phenomenon. According to the creator's blog, Peter Steinberger, the project has collected more than 100,000 stars on the GitHub code repository and attracted about 2 million visitors in just one week.
OpenClaw's popularity has also increased rapidly among technology enthusiasts in China. A number of cloud service providers are competing to offer hosting solutions for this platform, allowing users to run OpenClaw on remote servers without having to install it on personal devices.
Several of China's largest cloud service providers, including Alibaba's Alicloud, Tencent Cloud, and Baidu, have launched dedicated server rental services to run OpenClaw. This information is listed on each company's OpenClaw deployment guide page.
However, concerns about security have grown stronger after the emergence of a new social network called Moltbook, which is claimed to be made specifically for the OpenClaw bot. Cybersecurity company Wiz revealed on Monday, February 2 that the platform has a major flaw that causes the personal data of thousands of people to be exposed.
With this warning, the Chinese government emphasized that enthusiasm for open-source AI technology must be balanced with a high level of cybersecurity awareness. Without proper security, rapid innovations such as OpenClaw have the potential to pose serious risks to users and organizations.
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