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AI Coding Agents Are Leaking Credentials: Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, and MCP

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TL;DR The hidden trail : Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot store credentials across config files, env variables, logs, shell history, and temp files that repository and CI scanners never inspect. The evidence : GitGuardian's State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 found 24,008 unique secrets in public M…

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  1. 2026-10-04 15:51 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Coding Agents Are Leaking Credentials: Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, and MCP

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