Nightfall AI’s research revealed that secrets like passwords and API keys were most often found in GitHub, with nearly 350 total secrets exposed per 100 employees every year. Hidden risks of secret sprawl in cloud and SaaS environments What’s more concerning is that 35% of all API keys discovered were still active — posing a major risk for privilege escalation attacks, data leaks, data breaches and more. Many of the secrets discovered had already been … More
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