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by clon 3083 days ago
Why would employees need access to client API keys, as opposed to just client ID?

Furthermore, this seems to indicate that the API keys are not hashed. I would expect some bits of the API key to work as an identifier and the rest of the bits treated as secret material (properly hashed).

As a Mailgun customer, this is concerning..

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As a former Rackspace employee, I had access to every customer secret IN PLAIN TEXT through multiple web-based systems with a click of a button (IE: business as usual).
Thanks for confirming this. I had my suspicions, especially after the last few years of using them and just seeing massive problems that seemed to be caused by the software at Rackspace.
Agreed. Super disappointed by this (cleartext details and the breach). Will be looking to move all services from Mailgun shortly.