How I Stumbled Upon a $5$$$ Data Leak — Just by Googling!

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Hey there!😁

I mean, imagine ordering a surprise gift for yourself (because self-love 💖) only to find out some random hacker across the world can see what you bought, where you live, and even your payment details! Scary, right?

Hi, I’m Iski, and today I’m taking you on a wild ride — from casually Google dorking to uncovering a massive data exposure that could have leaked millions of customer orders (yes, including payment details, addresses, and more). The best part? All it took was one URL and a little curiosity. Buckle up! 🚀

And the best part? All it took was some creative Googling and a time machine (sort of). ⏳

It all started when I was invited to a private bug bounty program. As always, my first instinct was to dig for forgotten endpoints — and what better way to do that than Google Dorking? Here’s the golden query that led me down the rabbit hole:

Among the usual login and search pages, I found an interesting subdomain that looked like it was handling customer orders:

Excited, I visited the link… and was immediately hit with a 403 Forbidden. But hey, if hacking was easy, it wouldn’t be fun, right? 😏

Since direct access was blocked, I turned to my trusty friend — the Wayback Machine:

Since the direct approach wasn’t working, I turned back time using the Wayback Machine (because, let’s be real, old endpoints are like forgotten treasure chests…