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Google Cloud Customer Faces $18,000 Bill Due to Exposed API Key
Published April 24, 2026
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A Google Cloud user was hit with an $18,000 invoice after a forgotten public API key led to unauthorized 60,000+ requests, dwarfing their $7 budget.
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A Google Cloud client encountered a shocking $18,000 charge, far exceeding their intended $7 budget, due to a forgotten public API key in their project. This oversight allowed an attacker to make over 60,000 unauthorized requests. Despite having a $1,400 spending cap in place, the system's limitations were bypassed, leaving the user with a massive bill after the spending cap was overridden by the sheer volume of queries.
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