How I Built a PII Scrubber to Protect Against OpenClaw Breaches

TL;DR OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant platform with 42,000+ exposed instances, 1.5M leaked API tokens, and CVE-2026-25253 (CVSS 8.8 RCE). Every exposed instance leaks user PII in conversations. I built a lightweight PII scrubber that detects and redacts sensitive data before it reaches any LLM provider — solving a critical infrastructure gap. What You Need To Know 42,067 OpenClaw instances exposed on the public internet (93% with critical auth bypass) 1.5M API tokens leaked in single Moltbook backend misconfiguration + 35K user emails CVE-2026-25253 : One-click RCE via token theft. Malicious websites hijack active bots via WebSockets, giving attackers shell access 36.82% of ClawHub skills have at least one security flaw (Snyk audit) 341 malicious skills found in community repository (credential theft, malware delivery) The root cause : OpenClaw stores API keys, OAuth tokens, and user conversations in plaintext. No encryption. No access controls. The OpenClaw Security Disaster O