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Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes (cointelegraph.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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  • Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet's secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes.
  • The crypto community's reactions were mixed, with some offering support and others mocking Guan's previous comments about developers using AI tools like ChatGPT for coding.
  • This incident highlights ongoing debates about security practices and the role of AI in software development within the crypto community.
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Better yet you can configure gitignore globally for git. I do this mostly to avoid polluting repo ignore files with my editor specific junk but *.key and similar can help prevent accidents.

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For personal projects that's definitely a good idea. For team projects I like to keep that stuff in the project still so the "experience" of working in the project is mostly consistent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I started using git-secret 2 years ago. It's nice for making secrets part of the repo, while not being readable by anyone that isn't explicitely allowed to do so (using GPG).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Better yet you can configure gitignore globally for git.

I think you really need the project specific gitignore as well, to make sure any other contributor that joins by default has the same protections in place.