Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000+ bill despite $7 budget, thanks to forgotten API key in published project β attacker put in 60,000+ requests and blasted through $1,400 spending cap
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Verdict: A developer was hit with a devastating $18,000+ Google Cloud bill after a leaked API key allowed attackers to bypass budget caps and spam over 60,000 requests.
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β‘ Quick Hits
* Costly Oversight: A forgotten API key left in a published project was quickly scraped