GitGuardian’s “2025 State of Secrets Sprawl Report” reveals a troubling 25% year-over-year increase in leaked secrets, with 23.8 million new credentials detected on public GitHub in 2024 and 70% of secrets leaked in 2022 still active today. The report identifies several concerning trends, including the prevalence of generic secrets that lack standardized patterns making them difficult to detect, the false security of private repositories where 35% contain plaintext secrets, and the spread of credentials across collaboration platforms and container environments. Despite the use of secrets management solutions, organizations remain vulnerable with a 5.1% secret leakage rate, highlighting the need for comprehensive secrets security through automated discovery, detection, remediation, and stronger governance across enterprise platforms.