Data BreachesEnglish · 8 months ago

Over 12 million auth secrets and keys leaked on GitHub in 2023

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Over 12 million auth secrets and keys leaked on GitHub in 2023

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Data BreachesEnglish · 8 months ago

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GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after five days.

GitHub users accidentally exposed 12.8 million authentication and sensitive secrets in over 3 million public repositories during 2023, with the vast majority remaining valid after five days.

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Just to be clear: this is users being careless and publishing secrets by accident. This is not “GitHub leaked secrets”.

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