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AWS Security Makes an Inscrutable Choice

AWS aims to limit potential damage from leaked keys with a quarantine policy, but this may impact user workloads.

AWS has developed various measures to prevent users from inadvertently checking their keys into public GitHub repositories. However, findings from Truffle Security indicate that hundreds of leaked AWS keys remain active and valid. When AWS detects such leaks, it applies a quarantine policy aimed at limiting potential damage without disrupting customer environments. This approach, however, creates a situation that could seriously harm users if exploited by malicious actors.

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