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Surviving the GitHub OAuth hack – remediating thousands of hardcoded credentials

3 pointsby lumberjack24about 3 years ago
While going through other HN threads, I noticed many participants in the discussions recommend that organizations noticing suspicious repo cloning activity start scanning source code for credentials. This is a great advice to limit the damage.<p>But where do you start when you find thousands of secrets exposed?

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lumberjack24about 3 years ago
The other day I wrote a guide to help security and engineering teams prioritize and remediate thousands of such incidents. Hope it helps!<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.gitguardian.com&#x2F;a-practical-guide-to-prioritize-and-remediate-thousands-of-secrets-leaks-incidents" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.gitguardian.com&#x2F;a-practical-guide-to-prioritize...</a>