A UK security company has found a Mercedes Benz employee’s authentication token in a public GitHub repository, endangering the automotive giant’s source code and IT secrets.
A company spokesperson said that a human error caused the leak, leaving the token in an exposed repository in September 2023. UK-based RedHunt Labs discovered it during a standard scan last month. ...
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