Find who created a GCE instance with SSH open to 0.0.0.0/0 in a newly created network.
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Correct answer: In Cloud Logging, filter to GCE Network logs and search for the Insert/Create network entry..
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The correct answer is to use Cloud Logging. Cloud Logging provides a centralized log management service that captures administrative activities and data access events across Google Cloud services. Filtering for GCE Network logs and searching for "Insert/Create network" will reveal the user who initiated the network creation, which is a prerequisite for creating a VM within it. This log entry will contain details about the caller, including their identity. Searching Cloud Monitoring alerting console is incorrect because Cloud Monitoring focuses on metrics and alerts, not detailed audit logs of resource creation. Opening Home Activity and setting the category to Data Access is incorrect because creating a VM is an Admin Activity, not a Data Access event. SSHing to the VM and inspecting system logs is incorrect because VM system logs record activity within the VM, not the creation event itself or the user who created it.
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