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Be careful with online code formatters

Be careful with online code formatters

Black skull © Karolin Kriesch​/​TU Dortmund
Online tools such as CodeBeautify and JSONformatter are useful and dangerous! Security researchers have found credentials there.

Dear colleagues, especially developers

online tools such as CodeBeautify and JSONformatter are useful and dangerous! Security researchers have found credentials there.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/code-beautifiers-expose-credentials-from-banks-govt-tech-orgs/


The sic recommends using a locally hosted instance of "CyberChef - The Cyber Swiss Army Knife" instead. github. com/gchq/CyberChef Please inform colleagues who may be using such tools.