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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[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 months ago

Aw damn, was 12345 in it? That's my code on my luggage...

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