Railway Security Incident → ₹17,000 Google Cloud Bill for ₹200 Monthly Usage. What Do I Do?

My usual Google Cloud Gemini API bill was around ₹200 per month. Now, suddenly, I am facing a bill of approximately ₹17,000.

Here is what happened:

• I stored my Gemini API key in Railway environment variables. • Railway recently announced a security incident involving potential exposure of customer credentials. • My API usage suddenly increased from around ₹200 to ₹17,000. • Google Cloud has now suspended my Gemini API project due to suspected abusive activity.

I never knowingly used my API to this extent. I am seriously concerned that my key may have been compromised and used by someone else.

The worst part? My payment was linked to an automatic payment mandate, so I am worried about the money being deducted.

₹17,000 is not a small amount for me.…