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A mistakenly published password exposed Mercedes-Benz source code (techcrunch.com)
4 points by doughnutstracks on Jan 27, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


"Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave 'unrestricted access' to the company’s source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it."

We never learn. I wonder how many AWS buckets are still open, with or without GitHub leaks?


Human failure is, to some extent, normal. I just wonder how this bypassed our automated security checks that scans the code base for secrets.




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