DrawAFish.com Postmortem — Aug 3, 2025 Incident
DrawAFish.com
TL;DR:
Incident Duration: ~6 hours (2AM–8AM EST)
Impact:
Username vandalism (slurs)
Offensive fish approved / safe fish removed
Root Causes:
Legacy 6-digit admin password exposed in past data breach
Username update API lacked authentication
JWT not tied to specific user
Mitigation: Manual reversal of mod actions, fixed authorization logic, backups reviewed
Takeaway: hwoopsy daisy 🙂
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