Articles by Julien Cretel

Articles by Julien Cretel

Julien is a freelance software developer, security researcher, and Golang trainer. From the comfort of the French countryside, he works mostly remotely with clients all over the world. When he's not writing code or hunting for bugs, he enjoys cooking, gardening, and playing and (re-playing) Cuphead.

Plugging Git Leaks: Preventing and Fixing Information Exposure in Repositories

Have you ever been neck-deep building a new feature? You're working at capacity. You need to test something out so you paste an API key into your source file with every intention of removing it later. But you forget. You push to GitHub. It's an easy mistake, and potentially a very expensive one. In this article, Julien Cretel explores the nuances of this kind of data leak, offers suggestions for recovery when leaks happen and gives us options for preventing them in the first place.