Experts find Google API keys are still usable, even after you delete them

For more than 20 minutes after deletion, some Google API keys can still be used, apparently creating a major security gap.
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Google API Keys Remain Active After Deletion

A security researcher discovered the API keys can still be used for 23 minutes after deletion, even though the cloud provider ...
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Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
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‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...