SMRTR TechAug 4, 2025Hacker News

Drawafish.com Postmortem: Whoops

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DrawAFish.com suffered a six-hour security breach when hackers exploited three vulnerabilities: a leaked childhood password, unauthenticated username updates, and flawed JWT implementation. The attack resulted in username vandalism and compromised fish moderation, though one hacker surprisingly helped remove offensive content. The creator fixed the issues through authentication improvements and restoring from logs, acknowledging the risks of "vibe coding" without proper security reviews.

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