// Hacker Noon · 29 April 2026

Your AI Coding Agent Has Read Access to Every Secret in Your Project

AI coding agents can leak secrets by reading .env files and sending them in prompts. Move secrets out of files and inject them at runtime (env vars) to reduce exposure.

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