<ul><li>An individual accidentally made an S3 bucket public when pushing a quick infrastructure update via Terraform.</li><li>The mistake allowed anyone on the internet to access the contents of the bucket.</li><li>The individual quickly realized the error and took steps to rectify it to prevent potential negative consequences like impacting customer trust, legal compliance, or company finances.</li><li>Although automated tools like Slack alerts, GitGuardian, and AWS Macie were in place, the error was discovered manually before any automated system could flag it.</li></ul>

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