Exposed Developer Secrets Surge: AI Drives 34% Increase in 2025
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GitGuardian's "State of Secrets Sprawl 2026" finds a 34% year-over-year jump in exposed developer secrets in 2025 (28.76M new secrets on public GitHub), an 81% increase in AI-service-related leaks, much higher leak rates in internal/self-hosted environments, and persistent valid credentials (64% from 2022 still exploitable), warning that AI-driven development and local agent usage are expanding the credential attack surface.
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