Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords

March 19, 2024 at 07:30PM Security researchers discovered nearly 19 million plaintext passwords exposed due to misconfigured Firebase instances, with millions of sensitive user records including emails, names, phone numbers, and billing information. The trio of researchers scanned over five million domains and found 916 websites with inadequate security rules. They alerted impacted companies and … Read more