Why do leaked cloud keys matter more than leaked source code?
Source code is a confidentiality problem; live Azure Personal Access Tokens and Storage access keys are an access problem. If valid and unrotated, they can let an attacker authenticate directly into cloud resources, which is why incident response for credential leaks prioritizes rotation over disclosure.
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