My journey on finding and reporting databases with sensitive data about Fortune-500 companies, Hospitals, Crypto platforms, Startups during due diligence, and more. Table Of Contents OverviewBackgroundMy HypothesisScanningBI & Automation: From thousands to hundredsExamples of data I foundConclusionOverviewIt is easy to find misconfigured assets on cloud services, by scanning the CIDR blocks (IP ra
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