2 million .git directories exposed! Why .git folders are sensitive & how they are leaked publicly
In this video, we look through research by CyberNews and other independent researchers that exposes the huge problem of publicly accessible.git directories hosted on web servers. These folders contain all the metadata from a git repository including all the history, commit data and remote host information. These can contain lots of sensitive information that hackers can use to exploit your website and are often very sensitive. We look in detail at what.git directories are, what sensitive information they contain and how they become accidentally public.