Secrets Detection for Coding Agents: Gitleaks at the Gateway
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TL;DR Commits co-authored by AI coding agents leak credentials at more than twice the baseline rate of standard repositories, driven by automated context ingestion and unvetted prompt pasting. Pre-commit hooks and repository scanners detect secrets too late, after credentials have already left the…
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- 2026-09-07 21:58 · DEV Community — AI
Secrets Detection for Coding Agents: Gitleaks at the Gateway