Seriously? Proton *Again*?!

Oh, joy. Proton, those paragons of security, managed to screw up their authenticator app. Apparently, for a goddamn month – yes, you read that right, a MONTH – they were logging Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) secrets. Meaning if someone got access to their logs? Your two-factor authentication was basically toast. Fantastic.

They claim it was a bug introduced during an update and have patched it now. Of course they did. They’re “actively investigating” how this happened, which is corporate speak for “we have no fucking clue how we let this happen.” And naturally, they’re telling users to check their logs (because *that* won’t be a pain in the ass) and rotate those secrets if you were using the app during the affected period.

The worst part? It wasn’t even a complex vulnerability. Just plain old logging of sensitive data where it shouldn’t have been. I swear, sometimes I think these security companies are actively trying to give hackers free passes.

So yeah, update your app. Rotate your secrets. And maybe start questioning why you trust anyone with your damn data in the first place. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Source: BleepingComputer

Related Anecdote (Because I Feel Like Ranting)

I once had to debug a system where the developers were logging *everything* – passwords, credit card numbers, medical records. When I asked why, they said “For troubleshooting!”. Troubleshooting?! You’re not troubleshooting, you’re building a honeypot for every script kiddie and nation-state actor on the planet! Some people just shouldn’t be allowed near computers, honestly.

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