Over 543,000 valid credentials
Disclosed Oct 3, 2026yesterdayUnverified
Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories
Bill Toulas reports: More than 543,000 credentials exposed in public GitHub repositories were still valid in July despite the platform’s security measures to prevent accidental leaks of sensitive data. Data pulled from scanning 224 million repositories and more than 58 billion files show that the median time a unique credential remained publicly accessible was 784... Source
What is known
| People affected | Not stated in the sources we have |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Attack | Exposed data |
| Data exposed | Not stated |
| Sector | Other |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Over 543,000 valid credentials exposed in public GitHub repositoriesdatabreaches.net · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Security newspress | Oct 3 |
History of this record
- 2026-10-04 · added · daily source
First seen 2026-10-04 (Security news). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.