Bleepingcomputer Code Formatters Expose Sensitive Credentials from Major Organizations
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Thousands of credentials, authentication keys, and configuration data from banks, government, and tech organizations were found in publicly accessible JSON snippets submitted to the JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify tools. Researchers discovered over 80,000 user pastes totaling more than 5GB of sensitive data exposed through a feature called Recent Links, which is available to anyone.
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