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Incident WHID 2007-27

WHID 2007-27: Files From Google On the Streets
Date: 30 May 2007
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Insufficient Authorization, Predictable Resource Location

Google left some files at the wrong place at the wrong time. These files includes, surprisingly, database connection strings, including a user name and a password. Hardly news, but this time it is Google.

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