--- title: Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of... description: Cloud data-security firm Wiz issued an advisory on the incident, which it said originated in the use of a Microsoft Azure feature known as a Shared Access... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-azure-data-leak-exposes-dangers-of-file-sharing-links-lxxpohuso twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of File-Sharing Links | daily.dev og:description: Cloud data-security firm Wiz issued an advisory on the incident, which it said originated in the use of a Microsoft Azure feature known as a Shared Access... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-azure-data-leak-exposes-dangers-of-file-sharing-links-lxxpohuso og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LxXpohUso.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of File-Sharing Links og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Azure Data Leak Exposes Dangers of File-Sharing Links **[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cloud data-security firm Wiz issued an advisory on the incident, which it said originated in the use of a Microsoft Azure feature known as a Shared Access Signature (SAS) token, which allows users with a link to access an otherwise private data repository. The link was misconfigured and allowed access to the entire private storage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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