How does GitHub attribute a public secret to a data-residency enterprise?
GitHub says attribution relies on verified email domains because the residency environment does not share enterprise membership rosters with GitHub.com. Matching a commit author’s email to a verified domain triggers an encrypted alert to the enterprise dashboard.
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GitHub’s Public Secret Monitoring Reaches Data-Residency Enterprises—Through Domain MatchingA new GitHub preview attributes secrets in public commits to residency-region enterprises using verified domains, not shared membership rosters.
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