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#7 BleepingComputer general August 21, 2026 at 15:55 UTC

Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

A study found more than 9,300 Amazon Web Services access keys publicly exposed between August 2022 and August 2026 that remain active and valid, giving attackers full control over the associated corporate AWS accounts. The ongoing exposure represents a systemic cloud credential hygiene failure with direct, exploitable impact across potentially thousands of organizations.

Relevance score: 84.0/100

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