Identity · 214 days ago

AI-driven secret leaks exploded in 2025, internal repos hit hardest

GitGuardian found 29 million hardcoded secrets leaked in 2025, a 34% year-over-year increase. Most of the growth came from AI-related integrations and AI-assisted code generation; AI-tied leaks rose about 81% and LLM infrastructure categories saw the largest jumps. Internal repositories are far more likely to contain high-value credentials than public repos, expanding enterprise attack surfaces and outpacing remediation.

Timeline

• Mar 30 Reported by The Hacker News

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• The Hacker News Mar 30

  The State of Secrets Sprawl 2026: 9 Takeaways for CISOs

  29M secrets leaked in 2025, up 34% YoY, driven by AI growth and poor remediation, expanding enterprise attack surfaces.

Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-03-30

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• Briefing for 2026-03-30