IOT Fails: Production App Hit a Staging API and Exposed Debug Tools
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A production IoT app mistakenly hit a staging API, exposing debug tools and customer data, highlighting the risks of inadequate environment segregation and security practices.
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I dig into what might have gone wrong (misconfiguration, build error, environment switch), what risks it may have posed (exposed endpoints, potential data leaks, no user alerts or invalidations), and broader lessons about the caution we should exercise when granting consumer IoT devices access to our networks, when security is not their concern.