GitHub brings its free secret scanning program, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
GitHub brings its free secret scanning program, which scans repositories for 200+ known token formats and alerts users of potential leaks, to all public repos  —  Every developer knows that it's a bad idea to hardcode security credentials into source code.  Yet it happens and when it does, the consequences can be dire.