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AI leaks your company’s code secrets faster than ever (pivot-to-ai.com)
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we just need corporate to care more about security than convenience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8pYlcLq64&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260701-ai-leaks-your-companys-code-secrets-faster-than-ever - podcast

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[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

What the fuck?!?

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 1 points 2 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.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 6 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.