Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords
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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When plain text passwords are allowed to even entering a database then there was something totally wrong in the first place.
Aw damn, was 12345 in it? That's my code on my luggage...
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?