Google reimburses Register sources who were victims of API fraud

Google reimburses Register sources who were victims of API fraud

Two of the Google Cloud developers who were hit with bills for thousands of dollars following unauthorized API calls to Gemini models have had their bills reversed, the users told The Register in recent days. But Google plans to continue automatically expanding users' spending limits, leaving them and countless other customers vulnerable to bills they cannot afford, whether from fraud or a sudden traffic surge. Australia-based developer Isuru Fo…

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to prove they were not responsible for the mess.”