Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes - eviltoast
Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally making his wallet keys public on GitHub.
  • 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.
  • tiramichu@lemm.eeEnglish
    92·
    5 months ago

    Yes, it absolutely is automated.

    There are bots running constantly looking for things that match patterns for exploitable credentials in public commits.

    AWS credentials

    SSH keys

    Crypto wallets

    Bank card info

    If you push secrets to a public github repo, they will be exploited almost immediately.

    • daddy32@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      5 months ago

      The scanning part is definitely automated by many different actors (for the gains or the “lulz”), but being this fast, also automated key usage (account draining) must have been implemented which is a bit more impressive…

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        Not really. All of the underlying mechanics of crypto are so simple that they can be very easily interacted with by bots. Bots make up the vast majority of all crypto trades; mostly wash trading, but also front-running attacks, scams or outright thefts like this one. There are so many exploitable flaws in crypto that every bug is basically a self-executing bug bounty.