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500,000 Active Credentials Left Exposed on GitHub
SecurityWeek
· October 1, 2026AI summary
A large number of active credentials, approximately 500,000, have been left exposed on GitHub. About 200,000 of these credentials were exposed after GitHub enabled push protections by default, suggesting that the protection measure did not prevent the exposure of these specific credentials.
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