Jun 6, 2026 · Information Security

Over 200K Sensitive Docs Exposed by Online JSON Formatters Over Seven Years

Security researchers uncovered more than 200,000 documents—including cloud access keys, SSH keys, tax forms and bank statements—leaked from JSONFormatter.org and CodeBeautify.org over seven years, accessible via predictable unauthenticated URLs, and demonstrated that attackers can exploit such data within 48 hours.

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Over 200K Sensitive Docs Exposed by Online JSON Formatters Over Seven Years

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Aug 3, 2021 · Information Security

How a Compromised Server Was Hijacked: Inside the gpg-agentd Malware Attack

This article walks through a real‑world server breach where a disguised gpg‑agentd process was used to install backdoors, download malicious scripts, exploit Redis, and launch mass scans, and then offers concrete hardening steps to prevent similar compromises.

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How a Compromised Server Was Hijacked: Inside the gpg-agentd Malware Attack