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Publicly posted API keys in plaintext

April 4, 2026Het Mehta

Het Mehta spotlights a case where multiple LLM provider API keys were shared publicly, illustrating how easily credentials leak and can be abused immediately for unauthorized usage and cost blowups.

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Someone publicly shared all API keys here:
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-proj-q9F2mYxK8D4sLZ0a7HcE3R6NwP1U5tJb
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-api03-2m9QF4RkZJ8W0X6L3PAsHcE
GEMINI_API_KEY=AIzaSyC3nP9R2sZ0Lk4QFJ8WmXH
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