GitGuardian: AI-assisted commits leak secrets twice as often

According to GitGuardian's 2026 State of Secrets Sprawl Report, commits identified as AI-assisted leak secrets at roughly twice the rate of human-written ones. Most of the fastest-growing categories of leaked credentials are now tied to AI.

• AI-assisted commits leak secrets about twice as often as human ones
• Most fastest-growing leak categories are AI-related
• Findings come from GitGuardian's 2026 State of Secrets Sprawl Report