Scanning 7.6 Petabytes of HuggingFace Training Data for Secrets

A comprehensive scan of 7.6 petabytes of public datasets on Hugging Face uncovered over 221,000 live credentials across 6,003 datasets, including high-risk tokens capable of altering widely used software. The findings highlight significant security vulnerabilities in AI training data, with some credentials granting access to sensitive personal information and software supply chains.