As a business owner, you pay your IT team (or your MSP) to do two things: make you more productive and keep the doors locked.
Lately, there’s a new “cool tool” making the rounds called Clawdbot (recently renamed Moltbot). It promises to be the ultimate AI assistant—one that lives in your Slack or WhatsApp and handles your files, your emails, and your server commands for you.
It sounds like magic. But if your IT team is suggesting you install this for your business, you need to have a very serious conversation with them. Here is why this tool is a massive business risk—and what it says about the people managing your tech.
1. It’s like giving a master key to a stranger
Most business software is built like a hotel: if someone steals the key to Room 101, they can’t get into Room 102.
Clawdbot is different. It’s designed to connect everything—your private chats, your company files, and your actual computer servers. If a hacker gets into this one tool, they don’t just see your messages; they have the “agency” to act as you, delete files, and steal your most sensitive credentials. It creates a single point of total failure for your company.
2. It’s “Public” by default (and hackers know it)
Security researchers recently found over 1,000 businesses that had this tool “exposed” on the public internet.
Because of how it’s built, it’s incredibly easy for hackers to scan the web and find your specific “front door.” If your IT team isn’t experts in “hardening” servers, they are essentially putting your company’s brain on a public sidewalk and hoping nobody notices.
3. It records your “Business Secrets” in a way you can’t control
This tool keeps a “long-term memory” of everything you tell it.
- Your strategic plans.
- Your client details.
- Your internal frustrations.
Unlike big players (like Microsoft or Google) who have billion-dollar security budgets and legal guarantees to protect your data, Clawdbot is an open-source project. If that “memory” is leaked or hacked, your entire business playbook is out in the open.
4. The “IT Team” Test: Are they being lazy?
If your IT team is pushing this tool, you need to ask them: “How are we protecting the ‘Control Plane’ from the public internet?”
If their answer is “we put a password on it,” that is not enough.
Professional-grade security requires things like VPNs, “Zero Trust” access, and constant monitoring. If they are just “installing it and seeing how it goes,” they are treating your business like a science experiment.
The Bottom Line
There is a reason why companies like JPMorgan and Accenture don’t use “cool” open-source bots to manage their internal systems. They use Enterprise AI (like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT Enterprise) because those tools are “sandboxed”—they can’t accidentally delete your server or leak your keys to a hacker in another country.
Our advice: If your team wants to use AI to save time, great. But tell them to use tools that were built for businesses, not for “tech enthusiasts.”
A little food for thought:
Why did the AI cross the road?
To steal the data on the other side… and then tell the chicken it was “optimizing the workflow!”
Don’t trade your company’s security for a 10% boost in speed. If you have questions about Clawdbot, Moltbot, or how to safely roll out AI in your office, contact us today. We help business owners get the benefits of AI without leaving the back door wide open.
