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What actually happens when you leak credentials on GitHub: The experiment

Mackenzie on November 25, 2020

The architecture of modern software development has changed. We now rely on hundreds of microservices, SaaS platforms and cloud infrastructure to b...
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webbureaucrat •

the two version control systems (VCS)

I hate to be pedantic, but: GitHub and GitLab aren't two version control systems. Git itself is the VCS that both use. GitHub and GitLab are two repository hosting services.

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Mackenzie •

Cheers for the note. I will make an adjustment now :)

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Tea •

Now you are being pedantic Oh You : D

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Jan Küster •

Check out this great resource for API best practices to help prevent a data breach in the future.

It's not listing two-factor authentication. Is there a reason why?

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Mackenzie • • Edited

I guess 2FA more fall towards credentials and not so much API tokens. But if you consider other objectives from a zero-trust framework IP whitelisting is considered in the article.