The Management Assistant built a quote builder with a discount field and no limit

“The database isn't exposed. I think.”— Miriam, The Management Assistant

Reason:

Mainly because the shared password was last changed 623 days ago. With a logo generated at 08:04.

Built by:

Miriam, a team lead

Build time:

8 evenings

Built with:

a no-code builder on a personal account

Database:

Kafka. Nobody remembers why.

Authentication:

the firewall is disabled because it blocked something

Deployment:

last deployed 317 days ago

Responsible:

"the team", which is Miriam

Documentation:

a PDF exported from PowerPoint

Security situation:

the pentest report is still marked draft

Future disaster:

It will be used for payroll by accident.

Age: 150 days · originally expected to last 2 months · 1 owner so far · last meaningful change 150 days ago

Rated rare mostly because: €397k per year, 70% chance of becoming business critical, 3 accidental connections.