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The old prototype machine had our AWS API access key and secret key. Once the | |
hacker gained access to the keys, he created an IAM user, and generated a | |
key-pair. He was then able to run an instance inside our AWS account using | |
these credentials, and mount one of our backup disks. This backup was of one of | |
our component services, used for production environment, and contained a config | |
file with our database password. He also whitelisted his IP on our database | |
security group, which is the AWS firewall. |
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