• towerful@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Yeh.
    Same as if it was a CSV mailing list on an unprotected URL or whatever.
    The term “data breach” suggests there was security there to be breeched. Maybe it needs a better term?

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      1 year ago

      Data leak? In the security field, they categorize it as “information disclosure”… But it doesn’t have the same level of gravitas to it

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        We have investigated this unintended information disclosure and have concluded it’s the fault of the users for having information.

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          Carries the same weight as “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”. It’s the fault of those little green men in kerbal space program.

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        It does if you consider it from the point of view of a. Someone went out of their way to design this API so as to allow this or b. A team of individuals deployed it without realizing how it would be exploited

        You can generally learn things from a breach, but finding and remediating systemic issues like those mentioned above is a big ask

        Edit: I either responded to the wrong comment or misunderstood what you said. It’s late in the day…

        • unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca
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          I think you replied to the right post (mine) but I didn’t downvote you.

          Information disclosure doesn’t necessarily imply it’s intentional or unintentional, just that information was disclosed. But in a sense I do agree somewhat with that you said, only that WHO the person who developed the API receives that message from makes a huge difference. The IT security team coming to you and says “information disclosure” is scarier than a team mate

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            Oh I wish that were true but unless GRC or Legal get involved nothing much comes of it lol