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In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo
SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.
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According to Ars Technica’s source item, In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo, SSH keys, plaintext passwords, other sensitive data had been up since November 2025.
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- In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repoArs Technica - 2026-05-19T18:27:08+00:00
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