GitGuardian partnered with Google to answer: what happens when private keys leak? Using Certificate Transparency, we mapped about 1M leaked keys to 140k certificates. Result: 2,622 were valid as of September 2025, exposing major organizations. Our disclosure campaign achieved 97% remediation.
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