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Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Three cybersecurity researchers discovered close to 19 million plaintext passwords exposed on the public internet by misconfigured instances of Firebase, a Google platform for hosting databases, cloud computing, and app development.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I like it when there's a clear answer to the question "why hire you? The nephew of my gardener can program that for a tenth of your price!"

I don't know, why would you?