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Ask HN: Our AWS account got compromised after their outage

391 points kinj28 | 4 comments | 21 Oct 25 15:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Could there be any link between the two events?

Here is what happened:

Some 600 instances were spawned within 3 hours before AWS flagged it off and sent us a health event. There were numerous domains verified and we could see SES quota increase request was made.

We are still investigating the vulnerability at our end. our initial suspect list has 2 suspects. api key or console access where MFA wasn’t enabled.

1. geor9e ◴[21 Oct 25 18:27 UTC] No.45659636[source]▶
If I was a burgler holding a stolen key to a house, waiting to pick a good day, a city-wide blackout would probably feel like a good day.
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2. what ◴[21 Oct 25 22:53 UTC] No.45662751[source]▶
That’s likely a pretty bad day to burgle. People are probably going to be at home. You should wait for garbage day and see who hasn’t put their bins out.
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3. bthrn ◴[21 Oct 25 23:59 UTC] No.45663319[source]▶
This guy burgles
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4. rcbdev ◴[22 Oct 25 05:24 UTC] No.45665167{3}[source]▶
Sir, you must be confused. This is not reddit.com.