GitGuardian released their latest Secrets Sprawl report, which found a sharp increase in exposed developer secrets (34%), driven by AI-powered and scaled software development. Read on!

https://securityledger.com/2026/03/exposed-developer-secrets-surge-ai-drives-34-increase-in-2025/

Exposed Developer Secrets Surge: AI Drives 34% Increase in 2025

AI-driven development fueled a surge in developer secrets leaks last year, with nearly 29m credentials discovered on public GitHub repos.

The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts