• @lando55@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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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      11 year ago

      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