Apiiro Finds 2,539 Secrets Leaked By Claude Code Users On GitHub

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Security company Apiiro found 2,539 real secrets across 1,994 public GitHub repositories, including credentials in Claude Code settings files, git history, shared settings and agent transcripts. Apiiro found 2,539 real secrets across 1,994 public GitHub repositories, including credentials in Claude Code files and related agent records. The issue centers on ".claude/settings.local.json" local files created after using the "don't ask again" option in Claude Code Apiiro said the problem centers on ".claude/settings.local.json," a local file developers can accidentally commit after using a "don't ask again" option inside Claude Code.

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