DataDump sites

In order to share information online quickly and more effectively, the on-spot apps such as pastebin.com were created. However, this turns out to be one of the major drawbacks when developers store the source code, crypto keys, and other confidential information of the app and leave it unattended. This online information serves the attackers a list of abundant information to formulate more focused attacks.

The archive forums also reveal the logs of a particular website, or past hacked incidents if it was previously hacked. Pastebin provides this information. The following screenshot shows a list of confidential information on a target: