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One in 600 Web sites lists its .git folder, exposing sensitive data

Softpedia - (International) A Web developer discovered that out of 1.5 million Web sites scanned, 2,402 had an inadvertently exposed .git folder, possibly exposing sensitive information.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/one-in-600-websites-lists-its-git-folder-exposing-sensitive-data-487934.shtml

Note: This news synopsis is taken from the DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, a daily [Monday through Friday, except US Federal holidays] summary of open-source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues; a 10-day archive of the DOSIR can be found at: http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-daily-open-source-infrastructure-report.