GitHub brings its free secret scanning service, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:GitHub brings its free secret scanning service, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos  —  Every developer knows that it's a bad idea to hardcode security credentials into source code.  Yet it happens and when it does, the consequences can be dire.

GitHub brings its free secret scanning service, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
GitHub brings its free secret scanning service, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos  —  Every developer knows that it's a bad idea to hardcode security credentials into source code.  Yet it happens and when it does, the consequences can be dire.