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Would you mind sharing how (in broad terms) your key got leaked? I'm always interested in stories like that as a point of comparison to my own (not great) secur
by BobaFloutist 3y ago
Would you mind sharing how (in broad terms) your key got leaked? I'm always interested in stories like that as a point of comparison to my own (not great) security practices just so I know how reasonable I'm being.
- vertis 3y agoIt was a GitHub repo that I made public that I didn't realise had a key in it. And yes,it's bad practice putting the keys in code to begin with, and I knew better.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoHappens to the best of us Thanks for being willing to share, openness about "stupid" mistakes helps everyone else avoid them.
- vertis 3y agoBiggest lesson is to setup billing alerts for any service like that. Put it 20% above normal usage and then you'll get a fairly immediate warning. Won't save some of it if you're sleeping, but can definitely reduce the time someone has to run up bills.