GitGuardian report: Organizations leaked more than 6 million development “secrets” in 2021, doubling the number from 2020. Three out of every 1,000 commits to GitHub leaked a secret, a frequency 50% higher than 2020. The report accounted for the fact that more code is being pushed to repositories and better detection capabilities are available. Developers tend to leak the most secrets on the weekends and public holidays, suggesting that they are less careful or have fewer security checks on personal projects.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/companies-code-leaking-more-passwords-and-secrets