Claude Code settings leak over 100,000 cases to public GitHub repositories
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Apiiro researchers found 1,100 cases from 63 organizations containing API tokens, database passwords, and private keys.
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Over 100,000 cases of Claude Code's settings file were uploaded to public GitHub; approximately 1,100 from 63 organizations contained secrets such as API tokens, database passwords, or private keys.
NEWS Claude Code settings files expose thousands of secrets on GitHub Ars Technica arstechnica.com
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