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How I Could’ve Accessed 17 Trillion Microsoft Records

Sep 25, 2026 An estimated 17.3 trillion stored rows across a wide range of Microsoft datasets were reachable through a single internal analytics service, all because it never checked the signature on a login token. That flaw let me claim an administrator’s identity and submit unauthorized SQL queries without any real credentials. I used only table descriptions, metadata, and bounded sample rows to understand the potential scope. Two quick notes first. The impact I describe is hypothetical. It’s ...

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