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Original Reddit post, which the article almost exclusively pulls from: https://old.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/1reqtvi/82000_in_48_hours_from_stolen_gemini_api_key_my/

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Google also changed the rules on API key security after years of precedent.

https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-rules

I'm sure they have a reason for everything they do, but rarely are they good reasons.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I saw that, I just didn't see them say that's what happened to them. If that's what happened then this should be an open and shut case. Like I said initially, Google is a bad company doing bad things and this change was an objectively greedy and evil thing.