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A stolen Gemini API key turned a $180 bill into $82,000 in two days (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 day ago by XLE@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Original Reddit post, which the article almost exclusively pulls from: https://old.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/1reqtvi/82000_in_48_hours_from_stolen_gemini_api_key_my/

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 75 points 1 day ago (1 child)

The developers said they did not believe they made any "obvious" operational mistake. After discovering the compromised key, they attempted to secure their system by deleting exposed keys, disabling Google Gemini API access, and enabling two-factor authentication across their accounts.

I'm no "cloud developer", but there seem to be a few obvious operational mistakes described just in that paragraph alone....

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

After discovering the robbery, the bank installed doors and locks.