Broke but Breached: Secret Scanning at Scale on a Student Budget
Secrets are being leaked at an alarming rate—hardcoded API keys, tokens, credentials—you name it, it’s out there. From SolarWinds to everyday developers, secret exposure has become one of the top root causes of major breaches.
But what if you could scan for these secrets… at scale? On a student budget?
This talk is a deep dive into how I used Kubernetes, cloud credits, and some infrastructure hacking to scan VS Code extensions and other public sources for secrets—effectively and cheaply. Whether you're a cloud security enthusiast, a DevOps tinkerer, or just broke and curious, this talk will show how to harness distributed systems and automation to do big things with limited resources