Leaked credentials are among the most common AWS incidents: keys pushed to a public repository, stored in a script, or stolen from an instance through the metadata service. GuardDuty findings such as UnauthorizedAccess:IAMUser/InstanceCredentialExfiltration or AWS Health notices about exposed keys often start the response.
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