When you write a computer program, you will often want it to access private things, like a database or a service you’re paying for. A human, you could ask for a password. But a program needs an acc…
  • Great Blue Heron@lemmy.caEnglish
    201·
    22 days ago

    In 2025, we found 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in new public GitHub commits.

    What the fuck?!?

    • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
      7·
      21 days ago

      I feel the comparison part of the quote is helpful for context. Including it here for lazy people. (I do agree with you.)

      This marks a 34% increase from our previous report, which covered 2024, marking the largest single‑year jump we have ever recorded.

    • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemsEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      Honestly that part alone reminds me of the pastebin debacle where people just failed to consider that these things are in fact publicly accessible.