Passwords stored in public Google Doc then showed up in search results
A developer discovered that passwords stored in a public Google Doc appeared in search results, with the hostname and credential string surfacing in autocomplete suggestions.
A developer discovered that passwords stored in a publicly accessible Google Doc appeared in Google search results via autocomplete suggestions. The exposed data included a hostname and credential string. The incident highlights risks of misconfigured sharing settings on cloud documents, which can inadvertently make sensitive information indexable by search engines. Google has mechanisms to remove such content, but the discovery underscores the importance of restricting document access.