When you think of secrets scanning, most people immediately think about source code repositories on platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. While the codebase is a source you absolutely should monitor, this is just a part of the overall secrets security story.
Indeed, secrets leaking in code are a major concern. In the GitGuardian’s 2025 State of Secrets Sprawl Report, the scale of this issue has surged dramatically. In 2024 alone, over 23.7 million new hardcoded secrets were added to public GitHub repositories — a 25% increase from the year before. And that’s just GitHub.
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