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Gentle reminder that any private repository is sensitive, because the people pushing to them might not be as careful with what they push, because it's private.
by peterwwillis 6y ago
Gentle reminder that any private repository is sensitive, because the people pushing to them might not be as careful with what they push, because it's private.
There are hundreds of different kinds of credentials that can be hidden all throughout the history of a Git repo (in code, in logs, in comments, binary blobs, etc). If you don't have a very robust credential scanner operating continuously, and you have a large organization, you probably have active credentials hidden in your private repos.
- ChrisSD 6y agoConsidering these repos are meant to be made public within 30 days, I'd hope Microsoft employees would be more careful when pushing. Leaving it to a last minute cleanup sounds like a recipe for disaster.