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GitHub Token Scanning—one billion tokens identified and five new partners

Aug 19, 2019Justin Hutchings
GitHub Token Scanning—one billion tokens identified and five new partners
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This post announces the expansion of GitHub's token scanning partnership to include Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord, Proctorio, and Pulumi. It details the scale of the token scanning operation, having sent one billion tokens to partners for validation. The post also explains the technical workflow: scanning commits within seconds of push, notifying service providers upon detection, and provides an example of a Discord token notification. It also includes a call to action for other service providers to join the program.

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