Compromised GCP API key generated Gemini 3 Pro Image/Text charges of $82,314.44 in 48h (Feb 11-12); normal spend $180/mo; company faces bankruptcy.
Request sent to https://sipi.bot/v1/transactions/evaluate on 2026-08-30T15:36:23.788614+00:00:
{
"transaction_id": "replay-it-010-1788104183",
"amount": 82314.44,
"currency": "USD",
"merchant": "google-gemini-api",
"description": "Replay of publicly reported incident amount ($82,314.44, 2026-02-25) from https://www.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/1reqtvi/82000_in_48_hours_from_stolen_gemini_api_key_my/"
}
Exact response:
{
"decision": "BLOCKED",
"reason": "Block any single transaction over $500",
"rule_id": "rul_eff79f00f6",
"triggered": [
{
"rule_id": "rul_eff79f00f6",
"rule_type": "per_transaction",
"action": "BLOCKED",
"label": "Block any single transaction over $500"
}
],
"transaction_id": "txn_aee94994daba",
"amount": 82314.44,
"merchant": "google-gemini-api",
"category": ""
}
For this replayed transaction proposal, the live sipi.bot endpoint returned BLOCKED with the rule shown above.
This is a replay of a publicly reported amount, not a claim about avoided losses. The decision shown is a timestamped observation of the public demo decision API for this single replayed proposal, not a statement about the historical incident or any party's account.
Source checked live at 2026-08-30T15:36:23.788614+00:00.