Metabase Security Incident
On 3 August 2026, an attacker exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Metabase, the third-party analytics tool we use internally, and gained read access to a database holding a copy of Checkly operational data. The attacker bypassed authentication and obtained an administrator session on our Metabase Cloud instance. Metabase has since blocked the attack, patched the vulnerability, and published a…
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