GitGuardian Reports an 81% Surge of AI-Service Leaks as 29M Secrets Hit Public GitHub

GitGuardian's 2025 "State of Secrets Sprawl" report shows AI-driven software development increased secret exposures: AI-assisted commits leaked secrets at roughly double the GitHub baseline (Claude Code ~3.2% vs ~1.5%), driving a ~34% YoY rise in newly leaked secrets (~29 million detected). The report notes rapid growth in AI-service credential leaks (+81% YoY), high exposure in internal repos (~6× public), persistent long-lived credentials (~60% of violations), and failing remediation (64% of 2022 secrets still not revoked), urging organizations to treat non-human identities as first-class assets with dedicated governance and automation.