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Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes (cointelegraph.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet's secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes.
  • The crypto community's reactions were mixed, with some offering support and others mocking Guan's previous comments about developers using AI tools like ChatGPT for coding.
  • This incident highlights ongoing debates about security practices and the role of AI in software development within the crypto community.
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

There’s a reason we use .env files and put them in gitignore.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago

I'm sad I didn't see any comments saying he shouldn't be using a $40k wallet key to test his software in the first place. Anything could happen with simple code mistakes...just get an empty wallet or one with a few bucks in it.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They made 2 errors.

  1. Use crypto

  2. Storing the key anywhere close to the repo.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  1. Letting AI code for you
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You need an escape backslash character (\) before the #3 so it doesn't show as a #1.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Works fine for me, lemmy.today on desktop browser.

Sucks that your medium for viewing is wrong, maybe you should go complain about the wrongness to the people who maintain it?

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