Tag: cloud hijacking
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Google Cloud billing dispute escalates over $11,000 hijack charges
Developer Charles Jones was hit with a whopping $11,089.77 in Google Cloud charges after his account was hijacked, despite reporting the compromise and revoking the implicated keys. The unexpected charges, largely linked to Gemini image-generation models, left him stunned as his business doesn't even use such technology.
PCPJack Hijacks Cloud Servers for Covert SMTP Relay Network
Security firm Hunt.io uncovered a sneaky operation where hackers known as PCPJack hijacked cloud servers worldwide, turning them into secret SMTP relays that pumped out spam every five minutes. The stolen servers, found in major cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, were quietly converted into spam-spewing machines.