12.8 million new secrets occurrences were leaked publicly on GitHub in 2023, +28% compared to 2022, according to GitGuardian. Remarkably, the incidence of publicly exposed secrets has quadrupled since the company started reporting in 2021. Companies need to manage sensitive information exposure The growing number of code repositories on GitHub, with 50 million new repositories added in the past year (+22%), increases the risk of both accidental and deliberate exposure of sensitive information. This reality … More
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