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26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories

26,400 credentials that developers left in public code on Gitee, a Chinese code-hosting service, still worked when a researcher tested them. Anyone who copied one from that code could have used it.

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AI involvement
AI involvement not assessed
Sources
1 source

What to do

Read the original disclosure for scope (what the AI system did or what was affected) and any mitigations, before drawing conclusions.

Read The Hacker News: 26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories (opens a new tab)

AI involvement

Not assessed

AI involvement not assessed

The source does not establish attacker AI use.

Sources

  1. Reporting

    The Hacker News: 26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories (opens a new tab)

    The article reports an incident involving an AI system. It is reporting, not independently confirmed.

    Published Checked

  2. Reporting

    The Hacker News syndication feed (opens a new tab)

    The RSS/Atom/RDF entry supplied this exact link and any available title, date, and excerpt.

    Published Date not suppliedChecked

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 29). 26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories. https://kevwire.com/record/thehackernews-26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials-026f7c77fb5e

MLA

"26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories." KEVWire, 29 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/thehackernews-26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials-026f7c77fb5e.

Chicago

KEVWire. "26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories." Last modified October 29, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/thehackernews-26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials-026f7c77fb5e.

Evidence summary (plain text)

26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories (Oct 29, 2026).
26,400 credentials that developers left in public code on Gitee, a Chinese code-hosting service, still worked when a researcher tested them. Anyone who copied one from that code could have used it.
Sources:
The Hacker News: 26,400 Valid Cloud and AI Credentials Found Exposed in Public Gitee Repositories: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials.html
The Hacker News syndication feed: https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Record ID: thehackernews-26400-valid-cloud-and-ai-credentials-026f7c77fb5e.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
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Technology tags indicate possible relevance, not verified exposure. Confirm the affected product, version, and configuration against your own inventory; KEVWire does not scan your systems.

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