sk-1234 Is Not a Secret, It's a Docs Example, and 10% of You Shipped It Anyway

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Nearly one in ten internet-facing LiteLLM gateways were running with the literal example admin key from the documentation still active. It's the oldest story in software, wearing an AI costume. Default credentials left in production is a problem older than most people writing about "AI security" right now. But because this is "AI infrastructure" and everyone's racing to ship AI features yesterday, basic ops discipline got skipped. Implications If you're running LiteLLM, or any self-hosted AI gateway, go check your admin key right now.

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