Digital Sprawl of Exposed Secrets Fuels Cybersecurity Crisis
Security researchers report a dramatic increase in exposed secrets beyond traditional code repositories. Recent attacks against Salesforce, GitHub, and VS Code marketplaces demonstrate how sensitive data sprawl creates new vulnerabilities for organizations worldwide.
The Expanding Threat Landscape
Cybersecurity experts are sounding alarms about what they describe as an accelerating crisis of “secrets sprawl,” where sensitive credentials and authentication tokens are increasingly exposed across multiple digital platforms. According to security researchers, threat actors are capitalizing on this trend, finding valuable data in unexpected locations beyond traditional code repositories.