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GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 report shows no progress in combating secrets sprawl, with 23.8 million secrets leaked on public GitHub repositories in 2024—a 25% year-over-year increase. Despite GitHub Push Protection’s efforts, secrets sprawl is accelerating, especially with generic secrets, which made up 58% of all leaked credentials. More troubling, 70% of secrets leaked in 2022 remain active, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors. The report makes one thing clear: secrets management … More → The post Report: The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 appeared first on Help Net Security.

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