# 26,400 Live Credentials Found in Scan of 7.25M Gitee Repositories

Researchers scanned 7.25 million repositories on China's Gitee code-hosting platform and found 26,400 live credentials. Exposed secrets can let attackers access accounts, cloud services, and internal systems. The finding highlights secret-management risks across large code-hosting ecosystems.

**Importance:** 4/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/technical/scanning-7-point-25-million-public-repositories-chinas-largest-git-platform-for-secrets) — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:31:59 +0000

### Security
- [The Hacker News](https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials.html) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:03:15 +0530