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US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web

The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.

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May 19, 2026 at 15:06 TechCrunch

US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web

The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by indepe...

May 19, 2026 at 12:01 SecurityLab

Взломать правительственное облако США? Легко. Просто зайдите на GitHub и скачайте папку с паролями

Американские спецы показали новый уровень хранения секретов.

May 19, 2026 at 07:45 Hacker News

CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on GitHub

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May 19, 2026 at 07:28 Hacker News

My domain got abused on GitHub Pages

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May 18, 2026 at 15:24 Hacker News

We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –author flag

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May 18, 2026 at 05:21 SecurityLab

Microsoft не заплатила — Microsoft получила пять эксплойтов. Хронология двухмесячной мести исследователя Chaotic Eclipse

На GitHub опубликован эксплойт MiniPlasma для повышения прав до SYSTEM в Windows 11

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