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Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes(cointelegraph.com)

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  • Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet’s secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes.
  • The crypto community’s reactions were mixed, with some offering support and others mocking Guan’s previous comments about developers using AI tools like ChatGPT for coding.
  • This incident highlights ongoing debates about security practices and the role of AI in software development within the crypto community.
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bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Does Microsoft’s GitHub offer any pre-receive hook configuration to reject commits pushed that contain private keys? Surely that would be a better feature to opt all users into rather than Windows Copilot.

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redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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They notify but iirc only if you push a commit to a public repo. The dev in the article pushed it to a private repo, then later made the repo public.

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PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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The docs say they can reject if you enable push protection, which is also available for private repos, just as a paid feature. It’s free for public, but still needs to be enabled.

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alexdeathway@programming.dev
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they notify but that’s all

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chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
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They have something called advanced security that can scan for things like secrets. It works on PRs though, so not very helpful if you have a public repo.

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