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App #251 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
Disaster score 171Common

Facilities built a vendor onboarding portal

๐ŸงŸ Builder has left
Users2
Departments1
Criticality6%
Money involvedโ‚ฌ837/yr
โ€œWe're too small to get hacked.โ€โ€” Chen, Facilities
Reason:
Mainly because the approval chain includes 5 people and one shared mailbox. With a roadmap in the README, last touched 88 days ago.
Built by:
Chen, someone from Procurement
Build time:
a long Thursday
Built with:
Excel macros, exposed over HTTP
Database:
Firebase with open read rules since May
Authentication:
the password hint contains the password
Deployment:
hosted on the demo environment, permanently
Responsible:
"the team", which is Chen
Documentation:
a README describing a version that no longer exists
Security situation:
the security review consisted of Nadia saying "looks fine"
Future disaster:
It will turn out to contain the only correct customer addresses.

Accidentally connected to (2)

  • โ†’ uploads nightly exports to an FTP server
  • โ†’ depends on a browser extension

Age: 79 days ยท originally expected to last 14 days ยท 2 owners so far ยท last meaningful change 79 days ago ยท original builder left 79 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 2 accidental connections, the builder has left, alive 6x longer than intended.

Current owner

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