Well, folks, we’ve reached Day 30. It’s been a wild ride, and I’ve saved one of my most memorable stories for last. This wasn’t just a bug; it was a digital avalanche. The target was a new “serverless” platform promising effortless auto-scaling. My goal was to test its limits. I found an API endpoint that managed background workers. A simple miscalculation with a parameter — a number that was too big — unleashed a chain reaction. Within minutes, their system had spun up over 1000 virtual servers to handle my request, triggering a massive cloud bill and automatic alerts that got my testing account instantly banned. The vendor was initially furious, but after understanding the flaw, they awarded a $7,500 bounty and reinstated my access. This is the story of the day I (accidentally) stress-tested the cloud.

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The Peril of “Unlimited” Scale

Cloud platforms and serverless architectures promise infinite, automatic scaling. This is powerful for developers but creates a terrifying attack vector: resource exhaustion. The question isn’t just “can I access data?” but “can I make…