GitGuardian Report: 70% of Leaked Secrets Remain Active for Two Years, Urging Immediate Remediation

GitGuardian's "2025 State of Secrets Sprawl" report documents a widespread and growing secrets exposure problem—23.8 million new credentials found on public GitHub in 2024, 70% of 2022 leaks still active, high leakage rates in private repositories and collaboration tools (Slack, Jira), exposed secrets in containers and DockerHub, and thousands of valid AWS keys publicly exposed—recommending automated discovery, centralized detection/remediation, rotation policies, and stronger governance.