{"slug": "cisa-security-leak", "title": "CISA Security Leak", "summary": "A contractor for the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository until recently that exposed credentials for highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and internal systems. Security experts stated that the leaked files detailed CISA's internal software development processes, calling it one of the most significant government data leaks in recent history.", "body_md": "CISA Security Leak\nCrazy story:\nUntil this past weekend, a contractor for the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintained a public GitHub repository that exposed credentials to several highly privileged AWS GovCloud accounts and a large number of internal CISA systems. Security experts said the public archive included files detailing how CISA builds, tests and deploys software internally, and that it represents one of the most egregious government data leaks in recent history.\nNews article.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cisa-security-leak", "canonical_source": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/05/cisa-security-leak.html", "published_at": "2026-05-22 13:58:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 14:35:29.870778+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["cybersecurity", "cloud-computing", "open-source", "data", "policy-regulation"], "entities": ["CISA", "AWS GovCloud"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cisa-security-leak", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cisa-security-leak.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cisa-security-leak.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cisa-security-leak.jsonld"}}