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AWS Urges Devs To Scrub Secret Keys From GitHub

Posted by timothy on from the key-is-under-the-mat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "GitHub contains thousands of 'secret keys', which are stored in plain text and can be used by miscreants to access AWS accounts and either run up huge bills or even delete/damage the users files. Amazon is urging users of the coding community site to clean up their act."

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  1. Re: Everything else is simply too dangerous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If he shoots you on a daily basis, you may want to consider changing cubes after a few days. Maybe mention this behavior to management, too.