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Re:Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 min... by tjoff on Friday June 07, 2024 @08:32AM (#40608061)
Note he didn't commit his keys by mistake, but rather made a private repo public. Don't know if that makes a difference.
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Re:Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 min... by Ferret7446 on Saturday June 08, 2024 @02:05AM (#40615620)
Committing keys is a mistake.
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Re:Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 min... by tjoff on Saturday June 08, 2024 @02:17AM (#40615665)
In my mind yes, but he seems to have done it on purpose. At least he was aware of it.
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