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Corey Quinn on Hiring · ViralLoop

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Corey Quinn@QuinnyPig

Just to be clear here, this means that for a time @awscloud support was able to read all of your S3 data. There is no mitigation; this role is mandatory. If you had CloudTrail data events enabled, you can audit. If you didn’t, it may be time to declare a security incident.

975 likes31 repliesPosted Dec 22, 2021

View the original on X Written by Corey Quinn. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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Written for: Hiring managers and founders

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