Censys found 12,520 exposed MCP servers

Thousands of credentialless MCP endpoints show agent tooling is being deployed faster than it is being secured

Many organizations are adopting AI faster than they are securing it. Censys scanned the internet and found 12,520 exposed MCP servers across 8,758 IPs. No credentials required to connect. New research from Censys ARC researcher Mark Ell

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