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Secrets Sprawl Is an Identity Problem That AI Just Made Impossible to Ignore

The Hacker News · article · Sep 24, 2026 · UTC

AI coding agents are changing how quickly developers can build and ship software as well as how quickly credentials can become exposed. According to GitGuardian’s 2026 State of Secrets Sprawl Report, commits identified as AI-assisted are leaking secrets at approximately twice the rate of human-written ones. Most of the fastest-growing categories of leaked credentials are now connected to AI

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