Test environment let anyone access live customer data
17-09-2026 13:28 via theregister.com

Test environment let anyone access live customer data

PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we learn important life lessons about how we let cybercrims access our data through carelessness. Hopefully, others’ mistakes provide an example of what not to do. Today’s tales of woe comes courtesy of Richard Schut, Managing Director & AI Software Researcher at SmartRepl, a company that offers business AI services such as AI receptionists and sales automation. In a past job, Schut was working for what he describes as a mid-si
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