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Something Asked for My .env File Twenty Times. It Said It Was ClaudeBot.

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In the last seven days, something asked this site for its .env file twenty times. It said it was ClaudeBot. An .env file is where a web application keeps its secrets: database passwords, API keys, cloud credentials. It is not meant to be reachable over HTTP at all. On this site it is not: the path…

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  1. 2026-09-22 00:36 · DEV Community — AI
    Something Asked for My .env File Twenty Times. It Said It Was ClaudeBot.

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