In a recent discovery, cybersecurity researchers found a staggering security vulnerability revealing nearly 19 million passwords in plaintext on the internet. The root cause was traced back to incorrectly configured instances of Firebase, Google’s platform for hosting databases and app development. Three researchers conducted an extensive scan of over five million…
Security experts recently unearthed a significant breach, shedding light on a critical flaw where close to 19 million passwords were exposed in plaintext on the web. This alarming revelation stemmed from misconfigured Firebase instances, a premier Google platform catering to database hosting and application development. Through meticulous examination, three diligent researchers scrutinized a vast database exceeding five million entries, unearthing…
