ProtonMail-run website boasting 'complete guide' to GDPR left credential-baring .git repo exposed online

An EU-sponsored GDPR advice website run by Proton Technologies had a vulnerability that let anyone clone it and extract a MySQL database username and password. The vulnerability in question allowed the entire contents of the website's /.git/ repository to be cloned, as Pen Test Partners explained in a blog post about what it …

[Anonymous Coward]

3.6 Roentgen Not great, Not terrible

Obviously this is very sub-optimal. But I guess they are at least being open and transparent in their failure. Many companies wouldn't be.

[FlamingDeath]

I'm feeling forgiving

We all make mistakes :D