The request was reasonable and the deadline was real. A supplier integration had to go live on the Monday, the standard authentication route needed a change on their side that would take a fortnight to arrange, and somebody proposed a temporary exception: a shared credential, broader permissions...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/serguey_shinder_4ab9b87b1/the-security-exception-that-was-only-meant-to-last-a-week-1aa4)