The API Security Crisis: Why Your Company Could Be Next

This commentary warns that APIs have become a prime and rapidly evolving attack surface—often unknown, numerous, and poorly secured—and cites major incidents (Optus, Twilio/Authy, Peloton) to illustrate active data exposures; it urges organizations to inventory APIs, adopt zero-trust controls, enforce rate limiting and versioning, train developers, monitor traffic for anomalies, and run targeted penetration tests to reduce the high risk of future large-scale breaches.