# Trust by Default: The Five API Mistakes Driving Every Major Breach Right Now

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Podcast: [Cybersecurity Tech Brief By HackerNoon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646)
Published: 2026-06-24T16:01:02+00:00
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## Resource

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/trust-by-default-the-five-api-mistakes-driving-every-major-breach-right-now . Five recurring API security flaws behind modern breaches—BOLA, broken auth, data exposure, SSRF, and inventory issues—explained via real-world cases. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity . You can also check exclusive content about #api-security , #cybersecurity , #owasp , #data-breaches , #web-security , #devsecops , #cloud-security , #security-engineering , and more. This story was written by: @drechi . Learn more about this writer by checking @drechi's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Most API breaches don’t come from advanced hacking techniques—they come from repeated, basic design failures. Across recent real-world incidents, five issues dominate: broken object-level authorization (BOLA), weak authentication, excessive data exposure, misconfiguration/SSRF, and poor API inventory management. These problems persist because APIs are built to trust requests by default. Until that changes, the same security failures will continue causing large-scale breaches across industries.

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