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May 20, 2026

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency CISA Exposed Sensitive AWS GovCloud Credentials in Public GitHub Repository

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) left highly privileged AWS GovCloud credentials, passwords, and access keys exposed in plain text on a public GitHub repository maintained by a contractor for months. Security experts described it as one of the worst credential leaks they have witnessed.

May 20, 2026·8 sources
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  • ▪The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed it is investigating the GitHub credential exposure incident but said there is currently no indication that any sensitive data was compromised.
  • ▪The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has not disclosed how long the GitHub repository was publicly accessible or whether any unauthorized access occurred before discovery.
  • ▪The article about the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency GitHub credential exposure was published on May 20, 2026.

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